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An ammonia leak aboard a shrimp trawler being unloaded in Harbour Grace, N.L., sent 20 people to hospital Tuesday morning.

The patients were taken by ambulance to hospital in nearby Carbonear, where health officials scrambled to deal with the emergency.

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Squibb said one member of the ship's crew helped keep the other men from being more seriously hurt.

He said the man risked his own health by staying in the hold until everyone else was evacuated, and suffered for his actions.

"They did lose him a couple of times – they couldn't get no pulse out of him," Squibb told CBC News.

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