Police have found the bodies of two firefighters swept away by floodwaters northeast of Quebec City.
The bodies of Régis Lavoie, 55, and Christopher Lavoie, 23, were found Wednesday between the communities of Saint-Urbain and Baie-Saint-Paul, according to cbc.ca.
Though the two men shared the same last name, they were not related.
The two part-time firefighters with the Saint-Urbain fire service were helping residents trapped by rising river levels when they were caught in the current.
Marylou Lavoie, Régis's daughter, told Radio-Canada on Tuesday that her father was in an amphibious ATV with Christopher Lavoie when the strength of the current capsized their vehicle.
"My dad tried to hold on to a tree, but it didn't work," she said, relaying information she heard from police. "The [ATV] hit him and the current took him."
She described her father as "a hero to everyone, always ready to help, never able to say no."
But she also is questioning why he was there helping in the first place.
"Why wasn't a helicopter called in if it was so dangerous? If the water was so high, why did they send my father?" Marylou told a reporter.
André Bourassa, vice-president of the province's association of firefighters, the Fédération québécoise des intervenants en sécurité incendie, said firefighters in small towns where flooding is a possibility normally have the necessary equipment to handle it — including boats, life-jackets and rescue gear.
Premier François Legault promised there will be an analysis of the incident including reviewing the training the two firefighters had.
