On March 9, 1990, in Vernon, British Columbia, MCpl. Dwayne Edward MacKenzie of the Armed Forces prevented a broom ball team-mate from being fatally wounded by an armed man in a hotel hallway. A woman was arguing with a man when the team-mate went to her rescue, only to be attacked by her. Seeing his team-mate about to be stabbed from behind by the male assailant, MCpl. MacKenzie tackled the armed man to the ground, sustaining a cut to his abdomen. The two men struggled down the hallway until MCpl. MacKenzie pushed the assailant into an open room, where other team-members disarmed him and restrained the woman.