Christchurch earthquake bravery medal for quiet Margaret River hero

By Kellie Tannock
Updated August 13 2014 - 6:21pm, first published 12:00am
Lucky to be alive: Quake hero Dan Lee spends time at his Margaret River home with wife Suzette and children, from left, Emmett, Matilda, Heidi and Maisy, before flying out to receive his New Zealand Bravery Medal.
Lucky to be alive: Quake hero Dan Lee spends time at his Margaret River home with wife Suzette and children, from left, Emmett, Matilda, Heidi and Maisy, before flying out to receive his New Zealand Bravery Medal.
Devastation: Christchurch s collapsed CTV building  where 115 people died  shortly after Dan Lee and colleagues pulled six people to safety in the 2011 earthquake.
Devastation: Christchurch s collapsed CTV building where 115 people died shortly after Dan Lee and colleagues pulled six people to safety in the 2011 earthquake.

IT was no more than a flash of thought, but in that instant Margaret River's Dan Lee knew he might actually die.