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Lorain Boy Wins National Lifesaving Medal for Heroic Act
Lorain sixth grader Gary Thomas Jr, a crossing guard at East Erie and Idaho, pulled a 10-year-old student from the path of a skidding car during a wet morning. He is the only Ohioan among 1984 Lifesaving Medal recipients, with awards to be presented in Washington on May 15.
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Lorain
Lorain City
AAA
Safety Patrol
Gary Thomas Jr
Gary
Fairhome
School Safety Patrol
Lawrence R Maroon
Gary Sr
Marion Thomas
Idaho Ave
Washington, DC
East Erie and
Idaho Avenue
Fairhome School
East Erie Avenue
Tres
Thomas D Tolson
John Malhinovsky
Robert W Ferguson
Thomas D. Tolson
Fairhome Elementary