Nearly six years to the day of Monday's rescue, Brown helped rescue passengers of a whale-watching boat that capsized near Tofino in 2015.

An Edmonton couple among the survivors of the sinking of a whale-watching boat off British Columbia's coast last year are recounting their harrowing escape from death as they swam for the light above the ocean.

Exactly one year after a whale-watching vessel capsized near Tofino killing six people, the victims will be remembered in a special ceremony in which the District of Tofino will unveil a commemorative plaque.