Danny Cummings died attempting to save Richard A. DeRuiter from suffocation, Radcliff, Kentucky, July 5, 1985. DeRuiter, 28, was rendered unconscious while working in a sewer lift station 25 feet below ground level. His co-worker, Cummings, 27, waste water treatment plant supervisor, alerted help from a passing motorist then entered the station for him. Two other men arrived and entered the station in a rescue attempt, but they, as well as Cummings, were overcome by gases present in the station. All four men were asphyxiated. 60497-7067
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