William T. Kennedy, 24, chemist, saved Viola, 9, and Brainerd Fountain, 6, from drowning, Wharton, New Jersey, January 3, 1908. Kennedy approached the children, who had broken through the ice on Plane Pond 30 feet from the bank where the water was eight feet deep, and, extending a stick to Viola, drew her to the edge of the ice and lifted her out. Brainerd was unconscious under the water, and Kennedy, realizing the danger of coming up under the ice, stepped into the hole, went below the surface, caught the child, brought him to the surface, and swam with him about 15 feet toward the shore through a channel which had been broken. 2152-438
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