Teen lifesavers.At the other end of the age spectrum, the recent list of Carnegie Medal recipients also included two teenagers: One saved a woman from drowning drowning /drown·ing/ (droun´ing) suffocation and death resulting from filling of the lungs with water or other substance. drowning, n asphyxiation because of submersion in a liquid. : the other helped rescue a man from a fire. In Cooper City, Florida Cooper City is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city is named for Morris Cooper, who founded the community in 1959. The US Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 30,032 on 1 July 2006. , high school stu dent Daniel Lennon, 18, was riding with a friend in the latter's car on April 25, 2002, when they witnessed a vehicle veer off the road and plunge into a canal. Lennon ran to the scene, dove into the canal, and swam to the SUV. which was sinking nose first in 15 feet of water. Using a tool he had brought with him, and then his fist, he was able to break through the window of the front passenger door. Reaching through, he pulled Shameeza Ishahak from the vehicle and swam her safely to the nearest bank of the canal. Both sustained minor injuries from which they soon recovered. Two months later, 19 year-old Barry Schafer of Dalhart. Texas, was at home on June 26, 2002, when he heard a head-on collision A head-on collision is one where the front ends of two ships, trains, planes or vehicles hit each other, as opposed to a side-collision or rear-end collision. Rail transport With rail, a head-on collision often implies a collision on a single line railway. between a tractor-trailer and another vehicle. Arriving at the scene, he was told by two men already there that the driver of the large rig, Gerald McElroy, was trapped inside. Ignoring the dense smoke and flames filling the cab, Schafer opened the passenger door and hefted McElroy from the floor to the passenger seat, then (assisted by one of the other men) carried the truck driver away from the rig as the cab became engulfed in flames In Flames is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1990. Along with Dark Tranquillity and At the Gates, they pioneered what is now known as melodic death metal. . McElroy was briefly hospitalized for treatment of third-degree burns third-degree burns npl → brûlures fpl au troisième degré third-degree burns third npl → Verbrennungen pl dritten Grades to his right leg. Schafer 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. . |
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