Norma Ann Bedell rescued James R. Ferguson from attack by a sow, Salineville, Ohio, June 12, 1941. James, 22 months, entered a barn in which Norma, 13, schoolgirl, was driving cows. A sow that had a litter of pigs entered the barn and with its teeth attacked James, who lay on his back, his head being covered with blood. Norma ran to the sow and pushed against its shoulder; and it backed three feet. Lifting James, Norma tossed him onto a box three feet above the floor. The sow then charged Norma, knocking her down, and cut her side and abdomen and bruised her breast. With her hands she pushed against the sow’s head, and it backed from her. Getting to her feet, she entered a near by feed bin and tried to close the door; but the sow was in the way; and it then tried twice to reach James. Getting hold of a pitchfork, Norma struck the sow several times; and it backed away from James. Carrying the pitchfork, she left the bin and went to James, who was slipping from the box. James’s mother then arrived and carried James from the barn. Norma ran out with her, the sow walking toward them and being 20 feet away when they got out. James sustained a severe cut on his head but recovered. Norma sustained four cuts each two inches long on her side and abdomen and suffered from shock. She recovered in a week. 39331-3215
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