1st Annual Law Enforcement and
Emergency
Services Appreciation Day
CFTO TV News Beat Today - Live
22 August, 1997
Location: Ontario Place
TV Anchor: Kate Wheeler and Lane Fraser
Reporter: Alisa Kay
Lane
Fraser: Hanging out over the lake. That's Ivan Kristoff of the Canadian Rescue
Emergency Service Team. Tomorrow he will be setting a world record at the CNE.
He will rappel from a helicopter 2000 feet in the air. Ivan is an old hand at
this stuff and occasionally flips feet up, just to relieve the boredom. He carries
his own weight of rope as he dangles to provide a route to the ground.
Ivan
and his team are the top high rise rescue technicians in the country. And they
will be performing at the EX tomorrow at 1 o'clock.
Kate Wheeler:
Live now to the CNE, where an exiting dare devil record was set today. Hello,
Alisha Key
Alisa Kay: It's Law Enforcement and Emergency
Services Appreciation Day here, at the EX, and that means they are honoring all
those who serve and protect. Our coverage begins with the exclusive footage of
a death-defying stunt over the Lake Ontario.
Kate Wheeler: That's 29-year-old Ivan Kristoff, risking his
life, dangling from a helicopter over Lake Ontario. Kristoff… broke a word
record by ascending and rappelling a 350 feet up a rope supported only by a helicopter…
Hundreds of Police officers Fire Fighters, Correctional Service staff and Ambulance
and Military Personal gathered at CNE for the first time ever Law Enforcement
and Emergency Services Appreciation Day.
Pre-promotions
of the the event
21 August, 1997
Location: Ontario Place, 2000 feet in the air
CityTV Breakfast TV - Live Eye
Reporter: Jenifer Peck
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Jenifer
Peck: I am here with Ivan Kristoff and he wants to change places right
now. Sure, no problem. We are right by Ontario Place and we are promoting Emergency
Services day, which is happening tomorrow, and Ivan is a mechanical engineer from
Eiger and also the founder of the high altitude rescue team. And Spiderman, he
is known as Spiderman. (sings: Spiderman, Spiderman.) Good morning. O.K., tell
me what you are doing tomorrow?
Ivan
Kristoff: Tomorrow we will do the most dangerous rappel from a helicopter,
which is a world record itself. So, I will rappel at least 1800 feet on a rope.
It's not just the length, because I can go 3km - no problem, but we will are doing
the most difficult and extreme way to be as close as possible to do real thing.
J.
P.: And you are going for that world record?
I. K.: For me it's not a record, it's a test, because
I want to test my ropes, equipment, everything.
J. P.:
O.K. we are doing the test a little bit later, but right now we are going
back to the station. Over here Spiderman, this is dangerous, do not do this at
home! Hey, Sandy, what's happening tomorrow?
Police
Constable Sandy Lupo: Well, we've got Ivan Kristoff, record rappel
from a helicopter at the CNE for Emergency Services Appreciation Day, which starts
at 10 o'clock in the morning. He is testing the ropes...
J.
P.: Just practice. O.K. Here it goes, Ivan is over the water...He is going for
the world record and what if anybody wants to come down and see him where do they
go?
PC S. L.: They can see him in the water front
infront of the bench shelve at around 12 o'clock.
J.
P.: O.K. What else forward to see for the Emergency Services Day?
PC S. L.: We've got Emergency services from over Ontario in present, we've
got the Military, including the Infantry and the Navy in present, we've got vintage
vehicles, we've got some entertainment on the bench show from various troops.
and self defense demonstration. It's a full day. Big day.
J.
P.: O.K. Here it goes, Ivan is rappelling down right now and what is he
actually doing, is he landing over the water? No he is coming back probably maybe
250 feet given him enough rope and he can take off again if he has to. We will
put him in a boat depending on the pilot and the pilot of the boat as w
