Marion W. Robinson saved George W. Jacobs from drowning, Auburn, Maine, December 10, 1932. George, 15, schoolboy, broke through thin ice and went into water eight feet deep in a pond at a point 40 feet from the bank. Marion, 17, schoolgirl, who was heavily clothed, skated from the bank to within six feet of the edge of the ice, and the ice then broke under her. She broke the ice between her and George, who then was a foot or two under water. She grabbed the collar of his coat, surfaced, and then swam to the edge of the ice. George was unconscious. Holding to the ice with one hand, Marion pushed him upon the ice to his waist. The edge then broke. Marion again attempted to push him upon the ice, but it broke again. She made a third attempt, but the ice broke yet again, and she touched bottom in water to her neck 20 feet from the bank. Marion’s younger brother then broke ice in front of her with a branch and aided George as Marion pushed him out of the water. The two then dragged George to the bank, and he was revived. Marion removed her shoes, to which her skates were attached, and aided George to walk more than a quarter-mile and then with help continued to walk in stocking feet a quarter-mile to her home, where she fainted. 32688-2785
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