River rescue. (The Goodness of America).On April 4th of this year, Phillip Estes was knocked unconscious when the pickup truck he was driving veered off a road and plunged into the runoff-swollen Yakima River Yakima River River, south-central Washington, U.S. Rising in the Cascade Range, it flows southeast for about 200 mi (320 km) to join the Columbia River near Kennewick. The Yakima and its tributaries irrigate about 460,000 acres (190,000 hectares) in the river valley. near Richland, Washington Richland is a city in Benton County in southeastern Washington, at the confluence of the Yakima River and the Columbia River. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 38,708, with a 2005 population estimate of 43,520. . The swift current Swift Current, city (1991 pop. 14,815), SW Sask., Canada, on Swift Current Creek. It is a distribution and processing center for a farm and oil region. Other industries are helium extraction, lumbering, and the manufacture of farm machinery and plastic goods. began carrying the vehicle downstream. David Brons was driving by at the time. Witnessing the accident, he stopped, dived into the river, and upon reaching the truck sought unsuccessfully to break out the cab's rear window. He surfaced and yelled at bystanders on the bank to toss him a rock, which he then used to break the window. The truck was by then submerged in about eight feet of water. Since a seatbelt restrained the unconscious man, Brons was unable to pull him through the window. Moving to the driver's side door, he was able to open it and, using a knife supplied by one of the bystanders, cut the safety belt and remove Estes. When they surfaced, another person hauled Estes to the bank while Brons, nearly exhausted, followed. Estes was revived at the scene, but was hospitalized for more than two months for treatment of respiratory problems. Brons sustained only minor cuts and bruises Bruises Definition Bruises, or ecchymoses, are a discoloration and tenderness of the skin or mucous membranes due to the leakage of blood from an injured blood vessel into the tissues. Pupura refers to bruising as the result of a disease condition. . On April 24th of this year, the Carnegie Hero Fund The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, also known as Carnegie Hero Fund, was established to recognize persons who perform extraordinary acts of heroism in civilian life in the United States and Canada, and to provide financial assistance for those disabled and the dependents of Commission announced that Brons would receive a Camegie Medal and a $3,500 grant, given to those who risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others. |
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