Apprentice Jordon Dycke is grateful to all Local 359 Boilermakers for their support following his car wreck.
Jordon Dycke wants to play wheelchair rugby, continue education using Boilermaker background
JORDON DYCKE’S LIFE must have flashed before his eyes Nov. 2, 2006, as his truck spun out of control and ended up wrapped around a tree. The pavement was wet. The corner was sharp. And that tree was just too darned big.
“If it wasn’t for my big neck, my head would have popped off,” Dycke now jokes. But it was no laughing matter then. The accident caused massive trauma to his neck, resulting in the surgical fusion of three vertebrae.
After spending six months recovering in the G. F. Strong Hospital in Vancouver, Dycke is back home in Duncan, British Columbia. He now lives in a first-floor condominium with his fiancée, Shannon, where his Boilermaker buddies have built him a front deck and wheelchair ramp.
Even though his days working as a Boilermaker are over, Dycke wants to use his background in the trade as a foundation in his continued education. He also wants to represent Canada as a member of its wheelchair rugby team.
Dycke has many good memories as a Boilermaker, traveling and working around Western Canada. “He made friends everywhere he went,” reports Intl. Rep Richard MacIntosh. “Brother Dycke says he will keep paying his union dues and plans to attend the December union meeting. Jordon would be happy to visit with any Boilermaker who makes his way through Duncan. He made it very clear that it has been the support he has received from his family and friends that helped him through his recovery.”
Local 359 has set up a trust account on behalf of Brother Jordon Dycke at the Scotia Bank. For information on how you can make a donation, please contact Local 359 at 604-291-7531.
