{"id":2427,"date":"2018-05-29T16:24:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T16:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/wheels-of-charity-trucking-industry-delivers-for-humboldt-survivor\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:48:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:48:15","slug":"wheels-of-charity-trucking-industry-delivers-for-humboldt-survivor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/wheels-of-charity-trucking-industry-delivers-for-humboldt-survivor\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheels of Charity: Trucking Industry Delivers for Humboldt Survivor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s Trucking reports how a wheelchair\u2019s journey ended with a delivery to a Humboldt crash survivor thanks to CTA and OTA members Orlicks Transport, One for Freight and Trans-Frt McNamara\u2019s:<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Today\u2019s Trucking<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Connecticut and Saskatchewan are more than 30 hours apart by truck, but news of the collision that killed 16 members of the Humboldt Broncos hit close to home for Chris Pisani.<\/p>\n

The Pisanis are a hockey family as well. They have climbed aboard countless buses just like the one that collided with the tractor-trailer on a prairie highway. After watching an interview with Ryan Straschnitzki, one of the 13 crash survivors, he wanted to help. And he wondered \u2013 maybe the used motorized wheelchair that had come into his hands could be put to good use.<\/p>\n

The question was how to get the chair where it needed to go \u2026 transportation was the biggest hurdle when it came to moving the 330 pounds of seat, wheels and motor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never anticipated how many layers and how complex the transportation was going to be,\u201d Pisani admits. \u201cI thought, I\u2019ll just get it in the truck and drive it to an ice rink.\u201d Maybe it would move from there.<\/p>\n

Such began a journey that involved multiple sets of hands, and a chance encounter he and his wife had with Calgary\u2019s Shiels family during a vacation in Cancun, Mexico.<\/p>\n

Pisani reached out to Brian Shiels, asking if he had any ideas. Shiels isn\u2019t in trucking himself. The former president of Hockey Regina owns an environmental services business. So he reached out to Dave Hulse, a friend that worked as an equipment salesman. He\u2019s the one who connected Shiels to Orlicks Transport\u2019s Gene Orlick, who recently served as chairman of the Canadian Trucking Alliance.<\/p>\n

Hulse\u2019s dad had sold trailers to Orlick\u2019s father in the 1970s and \u201980s. The two men are also connected by hockey. Orlick coached Hulse\u2019s son Cale in Bantam hockey during the 1985 season, before Cale began playing in the NHL.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou kind of see how small the world really is when you connect these dots,\u201d Shiels says.<\/p>\n

And when it came to connecting the dots needed to move the chair, Orlick was key.<\/p>\n

\u201cI called Pete Dalmazzi of Trucks for Change,\u201d Orlick explains, referring to the group that helps to connect charities with those who will haul freight for discounted rates or free. \u201cWithin a few hours, they hooked us up with David and Stephanie Carruth of One for Freight.\u201d<\/p>\n

One for Freight already made regular deliveries between Milton, Ont. and Wallingford, Conn., and they were eager to help.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of us around here are hockey fans,\u201d says that fleet\u2019s human resources manager, Stephanie Carruth. \u201cIn the trucking space, with everything that happened, it hit home for us as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

She reached out to Pisani for the details, such as where the chair was manufactured, how much it weighs, and the relative value. Client relations specialist Henry Oduro-Peprah took that information to the Canada Border Services Agency, processing the load through inland customs. They helped to ensure the chair could cross the border without duties or tariffs, treating the used medical device like other emergency supplies.<\/p>\n

Enter One for Freight dispatcher Derrick Doherty, who connected with owner-operator Goran Drasko, who picked up the chair and delivered it to Milton. Carruth was there when the truck backed up to the dock with the chair inside.<\/p>\n

Fleet operations manager Kurt Jackson reached out to Denise Elliott of Trans-Frt McNamara\u2019s safety and recruiting team, who helped get things rolling for the next leg of the journey to Calgary. Kristina Pickett of One for Freight set up the carrier confirmation with Trans-Frt McNamara highway planner Simone Buchanan. She kept in touch with Carruth over the Victoria Day weekend as the chair rolled westward. Brad Tokawa drove it to Ayr, Ont. Tim and Tracy Van Halem took it from there to Winnipeg. Austin Potter picked up the chair for its run to Calgary.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where Orlick stepped in once again. He teamed up with Kal Tire\u2019s George Janousek, who had a pickup with a power tailgate that could work. They delivered the chair during the all-important final mile.<\/p>\n

Straschnitzki is committed to his physiotherapy. But there is much to heal with the spinal injury, broken ribs, broken collar bone, punctured lung, and bleeding in his head and pelvic area. For now, the work involves learning how to move from his wheelchair to a bed with the help of a slide board, and how to rock back and forth so he can turn on his side.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not too sure I\u2019m ever going to walk again,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the meantime, though, I\u2019ll be using this for sure, and it\u2019s going to help with just everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTrucking is a very stressful industry, but when you\u2019re doing stuff like this,\u201d says Carruth, \u201cit makes everything worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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