Manning Eugene Medlin saved Margie W. and Rufus E. Carawan from suffocation, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, December 13, 1978. While Mrs. Carawan, 70, was asleep, fire broke out in the bedroom of her son, Rufus, 39. His calls for help attracted Medlin, 51, who had a coronary condition. Medlin entered the smoke-filled one-story house and led Rufus and Mrs. Carawan outside. When Rufus reentered the house to get some personal property, Medlin ran after him and took him to the open door. Both then collapsed from effects of the smoke, Rufus falling on the porch and Medlin in the doorway. Rescue personnel removed them to a hospital where they were treated and released. 57487-6528
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