‘Like my big brother’: Survivor of Banff rockfall says friend who died saved him

‘Like my big brother’: Survivor of Banff rockfall says friend who died saved him

A survivor of a rockfall last week in Banff National Park is remembering his 33-year-old roommate, who didn't make it out alive from under the rubble, as a kind and generous friend.Khaled Elgamal, 28, says Hamza Benhilal, of Surrey, B.C.,

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