First anniversary of BC Ferry disaster raises questions

A report by the federal Transportation Safety Board is still several months away. The agency that runs the provincial service, BC Ferries, has completed an internal report that is expected to be released by next week.

"I think we know what happened," BC Ferries president David Hahn said Wednesday.

The two people believed to have died, Shirley Rosette and her husband Gerald Foisy of 100 Mile House, B.C., have not been declared legally dead because there is no evidence of their deaths. They were not among the people rescued and their bodies have not been found.

Their families have applied to the B.C. Supreme Court for a declaration of their deaths so Foisy's two teenaged daughters and Rosette's two teenaged sons can receive survivor benefits.

Foisy's sister, Diane Melnyk, said the family is planning to erect two crosses on Gil Island this weekend.