Lincoln O. Harrington saved Carol Sue Hottenroth and Donna Kay Kuenzel from drowning, Port Huron, Michigan, January 27, 1947. Carol Sue, 11, broke through ice on the Black River at the edge of an area of open water caused by the discharge of sewage from a projecting sewer, Donna Kay, 11, fell in by her, and both drifted in a current of one m.p.h. Carol Sue took hold of the edge of the ice at a point 25 feet from the bank. Harrington, 30, machinist, ran to the ice and after removing his shoes ran on the ice to the edge. He grasped Carol Sue’s wrist, pulled her onto the ice, and dragged her to the bank, ice breaking in large pieces under him to within nine feet of the bank. Donna Kay had drifted farther than Carol Sue and was floating near the edge of the ice. Harrington walked 10 feet on the ice and crawled on his stomach 15 feet farther, where he broke through and rose under the bridge of ice between the hole and Donna Kay. He broke the ice and came to the surface five feet farther out. Donna Kay was submerged and was unconscious. Submerging, Harrington grasped her wrist, rose, and towed her 12 feet to solid ice. By means of a rope thrown to him and held at the other end by a youth near the bank, Harrington pulled himself and then Donna Kay onto the ice and carried her to the bank. Donna Kay was revived. Harrington sustained minor lacerations of the hands and face and was tired and weak. All recovered. 40972-3576
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