Steven Mark Faulkner saved Delores A. Jessup from drowning, Conway, Washington, February 4, 1983. A non-swimmer, Mrs. Jessup, 48, sat dazed and injured in her car, which, after it left the road in an accident, was afloat in the Skagit River. As the car began sinking and moving downstream with the swift current, Faulkner, 22, unemployed house mover, dived into the river and swam about 90 feet to the car. With the car almost fully submerged, Faulkner reached inside and pulled Mrs. Jessup through the window. He then swam with her back to the bank. Mrs. Jessup was hospitalized for her injuries and hypothermia, and she recovered.
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