Thomas W. Moran, 42, contractor, saved Anna Z. Eggers, 28, from an impending fatal fall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 4, 1910. Moran, by sticking his fingers and the toes of his shoes into the meshes of a wire lattice screen enclosing the porches of a hospital, climbed to the woman, who was trying to escape on the outside of the screen. He reached her as she stood on a two-inch ledge of the screen, 42 feet above the ground, threw his arm around her waist, and got behind her to keep her from falling. Moran held her about 20 minutes, during which time she struggled to free herself. He felt himself growing weak and shouted for help. Firemen dropped a noosed rope from the roof, and Moran and another man who had climbed the screen fastened the rope around the woman. She was hoisted and taken into the building. The rope was lowered again, and Moran tied it about himself and was lowered to the ground. 5652-456
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