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Colette Roy Laroche
Pierre Donais interviews Colette Roy Laroche, mayor of Lac Mégantic, the small Quebec town which, on July 6, 2013, became the scene of one of the worst railway disasters in Canadian history. The derailment of a freight train in the middle of the night was so intense that it caused a fire and the explosion of multiple tank cars full of crude oil. Forty-seven people lost their lives and the downtown core was obliterated. Throughout this unprecedented tragedy, Mrs Roy-Laroche embodied the strength and determination needed by her fellow citizens to get through the terrible ordeal.