Frank G. Martinez saved Kelly R. McNeil from drowning, Mosca, Colorado, May 10, 2002. McNeil, 35, struggled to stay afloat in the choppy, 55-degree water of San Luis Lake after he was spilled from the boat in which he was fishing. The boat drifted away. Martinez, 34, college student, who was fishing at another part of the lake, responded to the bank at the scene after being alerted to the accident. Removing his boots, he entered the water, then waded and swam to McNeil, who was about 600 feet out. Martinez held McNeil to his side as he began to return to the bank, then, although McNeil outweighed him, Martinez repositioned McNeil to his own back to keep him from being submerged. Martinez continued with McNeil to the bank. McNeil required hospital treatment for hypothermia, and he recovered. Cold after the rescue, Martinez recovered by that evening.
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