James Eldon Thach died assisting in an attempt to save Harold D. Holmes from suffocation, Holyrood, Kansas, August 16, 1973. When Thach, 48, tank cleaner, was overcome while working inside a storage tank that had contained crude oil, Holmes, aged 54, aided in removing him but then was overcome before he could leave the tank. Thach was quickly revived; and he then followed two other men down a ladder into the tank in an attempt to aid Holmes. Thach and the others were overcome. All four men died,
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