APTN National News
In September 2010 the people of Kingcome, B.C. experienced a massive flood like no one in the community has ever witnessed.
A daring rescue saw most villagers taken by helicopter to safety in neighbouring Alert Bay.
But more than a dozen people spent a harrowing night in a school as a river rattled the floorboards.
Two years later the village has been rebuilt but not everyone evacuated that day has returned.
The event forced the people to take stock. Environmental, social and economic issues threaten the existence of a home that has stood for thousands of years.
Kingcome is the home of APTN’s Rob Smith and he has this story.
Twitter: @kingcomevj
