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Mégantic reflections

Michael Bramadat-Willcock
Posted on August 16, 2013

Flames jumped out at me from the TV screen as I sat in the Vendôme métro station waiting for my train. The headline flashed in front of me and a shock ran down my spine. I began to wipe tears from my eyes. My childhood hometown was burning...

The Gazette features a first-person view of the Lac-Mégantic disaster, written by Michael Bramadat-Willcock, a student in the Department of Journalism who grew up in the region.