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Courageous Death-Defying Rescue Wins Carnegie Medal
An elderly man named Wilk of Ty Jer Texas performed a daring rescue when a well thirty to sixty feet deep flooded. A young man was trapped beneath fallen boards as rescuers refused to attempt the ascent. Wilk tied a rope, descended into the depths, and after an hour and a half freed the trapped youth and others exhausted by the danger. The remarkable act drew praise from family and neighbors and was celebrated in local newspapers.
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