Leon “Bud” Duey died after helping to save John A. Laura from suffocation, Igo, California, July 29. 1974. When he entered a water well 20 feet deep, John, 15, lost consciousness and collapsed on the bottom of the well. Among those attracted to the scene was Duey, 72, who descended into the well on a ladder with a rope tied around him and held by persons at ground level. Duey removed the rope from himself and tied it around John, who then was pulled out. Duey also lost consciousness and later was removed by a clergyman. John recovered after hospitalization, but Duey could not be revived. 54139-6145
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