Robert C. Melis helped to save Carolyn H. McPhail from burning, Oshawa, Ontario, November 4, 1979. The automobile in which Mrs. McPhail, 34, was riding was struck by another vehicle and caught fire, the flames spreading over the exterior and the interior. Melis, 29, carpet layer, ran to the vehicle, from which another man had partially removed Mrs. McPhail. Placing a shoulder under Mrs. McPhail’s emerging body, Melis aided in pulling her to safety before the vehicle was completely engulfed by flames. 57160-6560
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