Lawrence H. Stallworth, Sr., 45, sewer laborer, saved Harry L. Brooks, 28, sewer laborer, from suffocation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 16, 1953. While Brooks and Stallworth were at work in a sewer line three feet in diameter 10 feet below ground level, Brooks was overcome by sewer gas from a connecting sanitary pipe and slumped face downward in sewage a foot and a half deep. Reaching Brooks, Stallworth lifted his head above the surface of the sewage and drew him clear of the pipe opening. With effort he dragged Brooks, who was 20 pounds heavier than he, 32 feet along the sewer line through the sewage to the nearest manhole. Men at the surface were attracted and lowered an end of a rope to Stallworth; and he fastened it around the chest of Brooks, who was drawn to the surface after Stallworth climbed out of the manhole. Brooks was revived. He was treated for shock and given an antitetanic inoculation at a hospital. Stallworth was dizzy, tired, and nervous. Both recovered. 43010-3905
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