Raymond R. Dawley, Jr., died helping attempt to save Richard A. DeRuiter from suffocation, Radcliff, Kentucky, July 5, 1985. DeRuiter, 28, was rendered unconscious while working in a sewer lift station 25 feet below ground level, and two other men were overcome when they attempted a rescue. Dawley, 37, water district assistant manager, went to the scene in response to a call for help. He immediately descended a ladder into the station, in which there were gases present. Dawley grasped one of the unconscious men and took him toward the ladder before losing his grip on the man. Dawley was overcome. He, DeRuiter, and the other two men were asphyxiated. 60498-7069
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