Van Lewis Wagner saved John L. Ernst from possible additional electric shock, Galion, Ohio, August 4, 1980. Ernst, 25, fell into a fenced-in transformer bank and received an electrical burn as his arm broke a live wire. Wagner, 19, roofer, saw the semiconscious Ernst moving on the concrete floor of the enclosure. Climbing atop the fence, Wagner jumped into the enclosure and kneeled between Ernst and the live wires. Wagner restrained Ernst until the power was cut off. Ernst was hospitalized briefly for treatment of his burn and for injuries sustained in his fall. 57797-6573
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