John C. Aaron

John C. Aaron died attempting to save Linville D. Henry, Jr., from drowning, Kibler, Arkansas, April 12, 1997. Driving a pickup truck, Henry, 29, was attempting to cross a submerged section of a jetty along backwater of the Arkansas River when the truck was swept by the swift current into the backwater, which was cold and deep. He escaped the truck, which sank, but could not overcome the current as he struggled to stay afloat. A friend on the same outing who had been following in another vehicle, Aaron, 27, automobile trimmer, waded onto the submerged section of the jetty, then entered the backwater and started to swim toward Henry. Henry submerged. Aaron too was caught in the swift current; he struggled against it and submerged not far from Henry. Rescue personnel responded and found the men’s bodies two and three days after the accident; both men had died of drowning.