Alfred M. Schiessl saved Robert R. Setser from drowning, San Francisco, California, August 29, 1931. Robert, 14, schoolboy, fell from a high rock that jutted 150 feet into the Pacific Ocean from Point Lobos and was tossed about in waves six to eight feet high 20 feet from the rock. Schiessl, 29, ornamental iron worker, removed his outer clothing, dived from a height of 30 feet to a point within 10 feet of Robert, and then swam 10 feet to him and took hold of him. He swam a stroke or two toward the outer end of the rock with the intention of swimming to the other side to make a landing. Because of the roughness of the water, he did not continue in that direction and then swam 25 feet to a point where the rock rose vertically for 20 feet above him. He was carried 30 feet along the rock by a wave to a recess. After much difficulty, and as he was lifted by a wave, he placed Robert on a sloping rock in the recess. After Schiessl had held Robert on the rock for 10 minutes, a surfman arrived and lowered a rope to Schiessl. Another rope was lowered, which Schiessl tied around Robert, and Robert was drawn to the top of the rock. Schiessl was then drawn up. Robert was unconscious but was revived. 31555-2624
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