Hyman I. Bober saved Rose Singer, 17, and Rose, 18, and Fannie Weinstein, 16, from drowning, Ellicott City, Maryland, August 16, 1913. The girls were jumping up and down in the waters of the Patapsco River and suddenly got into deep water. They went beneath the surface, and when they came up, they called for help. Bober, 32, farmhand, was the only swimmer at the scene. He waded 25 feet and swam 15 feet to the girls, who were beneath the surface. He grasped Miss Singer with one hand, and she grasped his shoulder with one hand and clutched the back of his neck tightly with her other hand, and he went slightly beneath the surface. Rose was holding to Miss Singer beneath the surface. With difficulty Bober swam 10 feet, pulling and pushing the girls, and then a man standing in water to his neck took charge of the girls, who were dazed. Although warned not to go to Fannie, Bober swam about 10 feet, clasped her with one arm, and swam eight feet with her to water in which he could stand. She was unconscious, but she was revived. 11719-1033
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