Trina Benedict
Survivor of the 2006 Queen of the North ferry sinking off British Columbia; shared her story for the first time publicly in CBC's 2013 award-winning audio documentary "Still at Sea"
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Jul 3, 2026
speaker_7SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This is the Queen of the North, it is 2919 North, 131, what's the second part of that? 13 West.
Trina BenedictGUEST
She was on the upper bunk, and a table had come out from underneath the bunk there and knocked my feet out from under me, and I fell on my knees.
Trina BenedictGUEST
It was just really scary, and I scrambled up, and I think that's when I asked on the person, I said, are we okay, or something like that, and then there was another impact.
Trina BenedictGUEST
I hung up the phone and I grabbed my daughter, like superhuman mama strength, grabbed her off the top bunk and started getting her dressed.
speaker_7SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yeah, that's all I know right now.