Gary Troake was 40 years old when he drowned off the coast of Twillingate Island, N.L. in 2000. His father, a local fisherman, found his body.

“He drowned right under the lighthouse, less than 500 yards [from it],” says Jack Troake.

He believes his son’s death could have been prevented. “If there was a lighthouse keeper, doing his job like was required of him years ago, he’d be doing his walk about and he would have seen the minute that boat capsized.”

Someone could have been on scene within 10 or 15 minutes, he says

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