Joseph E. Mander, Sr.

Joseph E. Mander, Sr., died attempting to save Paul Waxman from drowning, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 4, 1952. Paul, 7, who could not swim, fell into the Schuylkill River from a dock and drifted in cold water 14 feet deep, alternately submerging and reappearing. Mander, 41, electrician, dived fully clothed from a retaining walI, swam 15 feet beneath the surface to Paul, and rose holding the boy. Mander attempted to tow Paul to the dock 15 feet away and progressed a short distance upstream with him. Both suddenly sank and were drowned. Their bodies were recovered an hour and a half later.