Raymond S. Cairo helped to save Lumena J. Rodrigues from drowning, Riverside, Rhode Island, June 18, 1987. Lumena, 8, a non-swimmer, and two other children were carried into the deep water of a cove of the Atlantic Ocean by a strong tidal current. They called for help. Cairo, 20, appliance mover, who lived nearby, was alerted and ran to the scene. Fully clothed, he waded and swam to the children, who were about 100 feet from the bank. Grasping Lumena, Cairo took her toward the bank, en route handing her to another man who had swum out for the children. Cairo was then swept away by the current, to a narrow point of the cove where it was spanned by a bridge. He was able to maintain a hold against an abutment of the bridge until others helped to remove him from the cove. Lumena, taken to the bank by the other man, required hospital treatment, and she recovered. 62149-7183
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