Warren F. Brandow, Jr., helped to save Robert C. Frajman from drowning, San Diego, California, December 7, 1967. Electrician-mechanics Frajman, 40, and Brandow, 47, were on a boom which projected over San Diego Bay from a truck parked near the edge of a quay. The truck tilted, and the two men were thrown into water 35 feet deep, where they were submerged. Brandow removed his heavy tool belt and surfaced. He found Frajman, who could not swim, two feet underwater 20 feet from the quay. Brandow grasped Frajman, who was erect in the water and was motionless, and drew him to the surface. Supporting Frajman, Brandow urged him to release his tool belt. Frajman did so. Brandow, who was only a fair swimmer, felt their heavy attire and Frajman’s erect position in the water would impede efforts to tow him to the quay. Brandow supported Frajman until a man on the quay succeeded in throwing a life preserver to them while retaining a hold on a rope attached to it. Brandow grasped the life ring, but Frajman made only a feeble effort to do so. Brandow held to the preserver with one hand and supported Frajman with the other while two men pulled them to the quay, the deck of which was 15 feet above the water. Frajman and Brandow were lifted onto the quay. 50067-5436
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