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Tragedy at Stamford: Torrance sisters saved as kin die
Two Torrance teenagers Jean Grant 16 and Janice Grant 13 watched four family members drown after their 14 foot boat struck a reef off Stamford Conn. Judy Grant 18 and Hugh Grant 43 were recovered, Wilma 36 and Thomas Grant 40 remained missing. Surviving father Frank Makowski left home for his daughters. The boat owned by Thomas Grant and powered by a 40 horsepower engine. The girls were saved by TV producer Robert Bendick and his brother who pursued and pulled the sisters from wreckage. The tragedy followed a vacation cruise from Rowayton to Stamford Yacht Club and Cape Cod.
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Torrance
Stamford
Conn
Jean Grant
Janice Grant
Arvada St
Judy Grant
Jean
Hugh Grant
Wilma
Thomas Grant
Noroton
Frank J. Makowski
Central Islip
N.Y
Makowski
Grant
Sufmother
TV Craft
Robert Bendick
Janice
Hendick
Jord
Okes
Bendick
Cobb