Sylvester R. Ludwig died after helping to attempt to save John A. Eisenzimmer from suffocation, New Rockford, North Dakota, June 21, 1984. Eisenzimmer, 49, was using muriatic acid to clean his well when he was overcome by toxic fumes in his basement. Ludwig, 63, handyman, who had been helping him, telephoned an ambulance, then a neighbor. As the neighbor entered the basement and began to pull Eisenzimmer up the stairs, Ludwig started down the steps to help. Both were overcome. Arriving ambulance crew members removed the three men. Eisenzimmer died. Ludwig and the other man were taken to the hospital, where Ludwig died nine weeks later.
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