Organizers of Kelowna crane collapse memorial vow to build it despite no provincial funding
Global News
Everything to build The RISE Memorial is ready to go, but the project hit a snag last week after the province denied an application grant for $150,000 to get it started.
It’s been three and a half years since Kelowna, B.C., resident Helen Furuya lost her husband Brad Zawislak.
“Not a day goes by that we don’t think about him,” said a tearful Furuya.
The 43-year-old father of two tragically lost his life when a crane came crashing down at a construction site in downtown Kelowna on July 12, 2021.
Five men were killed.
Cailen Vilness, Jared Zook and brothers Eric and Patrick Stemmer were the four construction workers who died.
Zawislak was working at an engineering consulting firm in adjacent office building at the time.
“He didn’t deserve this and I just hope this park can be built,” Furuya told Global News.
Everything to build The RISE Memorial at a park not far from where the tragedy occurred is ready to go, but the project hit a snag last week after the province denied an application grant for $150,000 to get it started.
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