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...fishermen's bobbers. In the basement of Forrest Hall, a 140-bed dormitory, 22-year-old Senior Bobby Carter had finished his nightly devotion, reading from II Corinthians, and was just falling asleep when his windowsill fan hurtled across the room on the crest of a wave. Carter swam for the stair well and made it to safety. Three friends drowned in adjoining rooms. In all, 38 members of the college community, including 18 children, perished...
Downey also qualified for the AAU Nationals in Texas in 1974, and in her sophomore year at Harvard, she swam to two second-and two third-place finishes in the Eastern Championships...
...Sept. 5] regrettably made no reference to the most famous Newf of them all: Captain Meriwether Lewis' faithful companion Scannon, purchased for $20 in Pittsburgh and a keen and able member of the corps of discovery during a journey of more than 6,000 miles. Scannon sometimes swam out to catch fledgling geese for the pot, helped keep ferocious grizzlies of the Missouri River country away from camp, and in May 1805, was credited with helping turn away a frightened buffalo that came close to trampling Lewis one night as the party was sleeping by the river. Scannon clearly...
...World. After two splashy falls, she managed to stand up and water-ski on the backs of two friendly dolphins, who, she complained, felt "like wet inner tubes" and gave her a rough ride. She also had a run-in with another aquatic creature; Shamu, the resident killer whale, swam up and gave her a big wet kiss. "He has a 30-lb. tongue," shuddered Valerie. "And you could be wiped out if you moved a single inch...
...powerful breast stroke: no ministroke dog paddle for these canines. In the 19th century, it was rare to find a sailing ship that did not carry a Newfoundland for rescue work on the high seas. Lloyd's of London once presented a medal to a Newf who swam ashore with a line from a vessel foundering on the Nova Scotia coast, helping rescuers haul passengers and crew to safety. Newfoundlands are still used as lifeguards on beaches in France. Their fitness for such work was proved on no less a near drowning victim than Napoleon...