NORAD called the federal government at 10:15 a.m. on Friday morning to let them know about the falling debris, and by 10:30 a.m. the Alberta Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) had been notified. The time of impact was estimated to be 10:46 a.m.
Colin Lloyd, the AEMA's executive director for planning and operations, said authorities were only seconds from sending out emergency responders.
"The first scenario was extremely serious, if it had come down in the centre of Calgary for example," he told CTV Calgary.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Calgary: Ground Zero
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