Edward Roger Heise saved Lis Jeppesen and two other persons from being struck by a falling object, Chicago, Illinois, June 12, 1980. At the close of a Royal Danish Ballet performance at the Chicago Civic Opera House, a piece of weighted scenery fell from above the stage toward Miss Jeppesen and two young girls, all of whom were strapped to a sled suspended on wires. Heise, 31, stagehand, ran to the sled and swung it in an arc out of the path of the falling object. None of the performers was injured by the piece of scenery as it struck the stage alongside Heise, who sustained minor abrasions. 57437-6541
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