Walter E. Pickett saved Roswell W. Snow and attempted to save Whitney Kipp from drowning, Rye North Beach, New Hampshire, August 19, 1913. Following a storm at sea, the surf was unusually rough. Waves four feet high broke 200 feet from shore, and the water surged back and forth. Snow, 28, attorney, and Kipp, 28, mechanical engineer, launched a canoe and got 200 feet from shore, then a wave threw them out of the canoe. Snow swam steadily but slowly toward shore for about 10 minutes. He then called for help. Kipp turned on his back and was floating, as he was unable to make any progress by swimming. Pickett, 19, student, waded about 30 feet and swam to Snow, grasped him, and swam back about 40 feet to wadable water. Other persons then took Snow to shore. Pickett grasped a board that was floating near him and by hard work swam about 150 feet to Kipp. Kipp sank and was drowned when Pickett was 10 feet from him. Pickett swam toward shore with the board, and when he was near wadable water, a man waded out about 35 feet and helped him out of the water. Pickett then fell from exhaustion. 11544-1087
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