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Show HILLTOP TIMESA MarchT.1980 mimm iMP''WlIMIP"ww'1 il 5 ! V v FISHERMEN SERVING FISHERMEN i mm 7 mm r. JJi u-l- m IJ - - Bay as he and A1C Thomas Marosh survey the location of their recent rescue of a local fisherman who broke through the Ice. The two prevented Bill Romer from drowning. (U.S. Air Force Photo) SrA. Byron Sears points over fhe CELEBRA TING wafer of Wlllard ri to mcncPT in Sft store r - Airman reacts to screams Early one Saturday morning last month, SrA. Byron Sears and AlC Thomas Maresh, unwinding from a week at their jobs with the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing's Component Repair Squadron, headed toward nearby Willard Bay for a little ice fishing, unaware of the events that were to transpire that day. The temperature hovered around 45 V a third unidentified passerby, Sears was able to grab onto a fishing pole and the two were ble to slide to safety. "He was concerned about his grandson," continued Maresh. "We were going to walk on our way over over that way and we were when he fell in again." Maresh, acting quickly, was able to throw Romer the end of a coat, and for the second time that day, Bill Romer was pulled from the frigid waters of Willard Bay. Romer's ordeal did not end there, however. Within inches of reaching a dock and safety, he broke through the ice for the third time. "The third time was right by the dock and when he fell through he grabbed on to the dock," Sears said. The two airmen left the scene shortly after. "We figured it was over. We just wanted to get out of there," Sears continued. The following day an article appeared in the Bill Romer was Ogden Standard-Examine- r. to the identities learn of the attempting fellows who had saved his life. Sears' wife . contacted the grateful Romer. "He was all right; just a few cuts on his hands," Sears ht TAPERED BLOCK SET Special Purchase! Limited Quantities! 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