Frank 0. Mabry, 37, ship-fitter, saved John C. Hepworth, 34, machinist, from suffocation, Kemah, Texas, June 22, 1942. Hepworth was overcome by gas in a tank that had been drained of water containing chlorine, and he lay face down in sludge four inches deep. The tank was 30 feet long and six feet in diameter, and a manhole opening in one end was 14 inches wide and nine inches high. Mabry ran to the tank and crawled through the opening into it. He raised Hepworth’s head and then noted that he was becoming weak and dizzy. Holding his breath, he stepped to the opening, stuck his head out, breathed, and revived somewhat. Again holding his breath, he returned to Hepworth and weakly dragged him five feet toward the opening. He took a breath, became dazed, and again stuck his head out through the opening. Two men pulled him out of the tank. He was almost unconscious but revived quickly. Mabry and another man reached through the opening, got hold of Hepworth, and pulled him out of the tank. Hepworth was revived in six hours. Mabry was nauseated for a day. 39658-3304
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