Walter J. Brockmiller, 24, filling station attendant, saved Hazel M. Sayan, 10, from drowning, Owosso, Michigan, May 20, 1924. Hazel fell from a railroad bridge into the Shiawassee River 100 feet from the bank. Brockmiller, whose right hand was badly crippled and who wore hip-length boots, jumped from a point on the bridge 18 feet above the water and caught hold of Hazel’s dress, as she drifted against him under water. He tried to swim across the current toward the bank, but he and Hazel were carried 450 feet from the bridge before he reached wadable water. Brockmiller was almost exhausted. 24576-2082
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