Rita Sue Shively helped to save Ezzell Daniels, Sr., and attempted to save Edward Priestner, Jr., from drowning, Sanford, Florida, July 25, 1985. When Daniels entered the Wekiva River in an attempt to save two of his children who were calling for help, he began to flounder in the deep water. Priestner, 25, who was working nearby, also entered the river in a rescue attempt. Alerted, Mrs. Shively, 34, college student, ran to the river and jumped in. She swam to Daniels, who was about 50 feet from the bank, and, despite his greatly outweighing her, she towed him to a point near the bank, where others removed him from the river. Having seen that Priestner had apparently submerged, Mrs. Shively dived to search for him. She located him, then dived twice more before pulling him to the surface. Nearly exhausted, she took him to others near shore. Priestner could not be revived. Daniels’s two children also drowned. 61007-7024
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