Show Utan Man In Rescue t 3 0 CJ 0 J t 3 0 3 t 3 Saves Pilot From Death I The story of a Utah man wio wco lived across the green has appeared in a national weekly weekly Colliers Colliers un under er erthe the caption of A Heroic I Seaplane Rescue To 10 from Colliers Collier's Nine United States congressmen sven seven of them then of the house naval affairs affairs af af- fairs committee witnessed a thrilling fall and rescue from the deck of a pleasure steamer teamer ot of more than feet away during their recent inspection inspection tion of naval institutions and sites at San Diego California i Caught in the backwash of a giant Liberty motored seaplane the light type N-type machine carrying pilot an am and observer was whipped over and fell Into the ba bay so near the steamer that many feared it would woul strike the deck The photographer snapped his camera just as the plane lilt hit the water Then in what seeped seemed only seconds even eyen to the breathless spectators spec spec- spectators a man struggled up from the body hody of the seaplane The man ris ris- risIng Ing lug from the wreck the observer an au arm broken Cn in two places and hi his face streaming blood saw that hi his pal the pilot had not come conic up and he dived back un under er the water in the UH same instant nt int to try to free him The party on the steamer marveled at his COllI courage coinage age although they did not know lutow I at that time how badly he was in in- j red He le Is Ensign S S. L. L Kerr I Ito He had not the strength however to tree Iree the pilot and as he came up upa upi a i second time the speed boat was on the S spot ot and the crouched man dived dive from its bow how into the wreck The article concludes with an account account account ac ac- ac- ac count of the rescue of the pilot who was subsequently restored to consciousness consciousness consciousness con con- by the prompt use of a aPul Pul ma tor Steve Kerr 19 the man who ex cx excited cited the admiration of nine United I States congressmen for his heroIc hero spirit of self sacrifice enlisted in th the naval air service shortly before th the close of the school term last year real While at the University he was iden iden- line with numerous student ties lies In his freshman year ear he lie was wa president of the class He was a Varsity football man He won a second second sec sec- ond place in the annual cross country run and was a member of the track He Is a member of Beta Theta Pi Upsilon and Tan Kappa Alpha |