Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas Wynn Baird, M.B., C.D.
Medal of Bravery
On December 30, 2008, Lieutenant-Colonel Doug Baird rescued a man who had fallen through the ice while skating on Aylesford Lake, in Nova Scotia. The victim had ventured out onto thin ice and had fallen into the frigid water. Upon hearing of the situation, Lieutenant-Colonel Baird wrenched a large branch from a tree and skated several hundred metres to the victim's location. He then crawled approximately 40 metres to extend the branch out to him. The ice was thin enough to see the water beneath it, and it was breaking up between them. Instructing the man to grab the branch, Lieutenant-Colonel Baird inched his way slowly backwards, pulling the victim to safety.