Rodney H. Webb, Jr., attempted to save Geoffrey B. Marchant from drowning, Salisbury, Connecticut, February 6, 1980. Webb, 24, truckdriver, was walking on ice-covered Lake Wononskopomuc when he saw Marchant, 29, in a hole in the ice. Webb started toward Marchant but before reaching him broke through into deep water. Unable to climb onto the ice, which kept breaking off, Webb clung to the edge of the hole until some high-school students rescued him and Marchant.
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