Cosimo Gisondi died saving Tony Flakeheri from being run over by a train, Fonda, New York, August 25, 1909. Springing onto the track in front of a freight train running 35 m.p.h., Gisondi, 27, track foreman, shoved Flakeheri, 37, who stood there bewildered, ahead of him off the track, but just as he was clearing the rail, the pilot struck Gisondi and knocked him clear of the track. He died in a few minutes.
5956-542Cosimo Gisondi
Fonda, NY