Show I Human Chain Rescues Driver of Truck Truck- Tru k kV V When Machine Ma hine Crashes Ice lee on Lake V DENVER D DENVER NVER Jan 18 Larry ff-Larry I Knolle 36 6 Va a truck thiCk driver whom a a. human rescued from an Icy death Ideath bene beneath th frozen Evergreen Evergreen Ever Ever- green grein lake like y y t ra y rested at athis athis athis his home tod today and described his V experience H He w w was a s' s driving V a five ton tru truck k I pUlling a. a over ver the h heavily av- av V ily By ly cover covered mountain skating spot when the ice co gave way gave way Yay and the truck dropped into 12 fe feet t of water Knolle C was in the thee V e cab b V f t As the tru- tru truck truck- we went t under V V V VV V V V jV t V I J 34 i i. i e Knolle said f I could see the water bursting through the floorboards 1 VI I had only a a. fe few seconds b before fore the cab filled so I trl tried d to break the window glass with my fist That didn't work and nd I I had to butt my head against it before it would break 1 I rem remember crawling out a and d coming up under the ice It was was terrifically cold and I was beginning be be- e- e ginning to feel foci num numb I 1 dived down and felt feJt my way to the tho V truck Finally T r got on on top of the cab ab and got got my m head ead out of water Halt Half 9 a dozen fellow workers worker unable to approach Knolle clo closely close close- l 1 ly enough to lend assistance because be cause of the precarious condition of the jagged ice c nr around imd th the hole threw him a rope but he was was' was was' too numb to grasp grasp it They brought him to safety V byr by V forming a human chain reaching reaching reach reach- ing lug over the splintered red ice and Vand hurH hurried d' d h him Jn to Denver 30 miles mUes aw y Ho Ht uffer suffered d from shock shok and expo exposure sure but ex x him to recover V V V V J. V V V |