On February 13, bike courier Keefe MacLaverty wasw struck by a van at King and Jarvis. He died two days later, the first courier in the city to be killed in the line of duty. Late on the afternoon on the 16th nearly 150 fellow couriers gathered at the same corner. Conversation was minimal, candles were passed out, and flames flickering in the grey light of winter, messengers rolled into the intersection. "Radios off," someone shouted. For two minutes, the busy streets were quiet. "That's it," someone else said. And it was over. The couriers headed off, back into the noise of the city, ringing their bells good-bye.