Runaway Boat. (The goodness of America).On July 15th, 2000, after the adults aboard a 17-foot motorboat fell overboard on Lake Maurepas Lake Maurepas is a brackish water lake in southeastern Louisiana. It connects with Lake Pontchartrain via the Pass Manchac, a narrow strip of water. The town of Manchac, Louisiana is along the eastern edge of the lake at Pass Manchac. in Reserve, Louisiana Reserve is a census-designated place and town in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, on the east bank of the Mississippi River. The population was 9,111 at the 2000 census. , one-year-old Jeremy Posey A posey can be a flower bouquet. As a surname it is of French and English origins, originating and or derived from the greek word Desposyni. People whose surname is or was Posey include:
Rescue personnel, including state wildlife agents Guy Adams and Cullen Sellers Sr., arrived on the scene as darkness was falling. Adams and Sellers circled the runaway craft in their own 21-foot motorboat for a few moments, then Agent Sellers carefully nosed their vessel between the motor and stern of the driverless boat. Agent Adams made a daring leap into the stern, pulled the throttle to stall the engine, and slowed the boat to a halt. Young Jeremy was not injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. . On October 11th of this year, Adams and Sellers were named recipients of the Carnegie Medal, awarded by 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 to persons who take extraordinary risk while saving, or attempting to save, the lives of others. |
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