Man, 75, Drowns Saving Teenager

The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS) | 04/01/2007 | Nicklaus Lovelady

[bourbon]

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070401/NEWS/704010389/1001/NEWS

Link only due to Gannett posting restrictions.

[bourbon]

A beautiful & moving story of Christian sacrifice on this Palm Sunday.

[bourbon]

(((MISSISSIPPI PING)))

[Celtjew Libertarian]

That's the way I want to go... Live until old age, then die saving a kid.

(If I can't get that, I want to go like Nelson Rockefeller.)

[WKB]

I saw this on the news.
We need more like him
just don't let them drown.

[petitfour]

Thanks for posting this, b.

I love the last line of the story. It sounds like he was a wonderful man and husband.

[livius]

Thank you for posting this story.

Turner was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953. He was active in the Mississippi Airborne Association.

He sounds like quite a guy. With the Saints give rest, O Lord.

[NerdDad]

Have sent this to our MS PGR State Captain. Will let you know if we make a mission.

[MagnoliaMS]

A beautiful & moving story of Christian sacrifice on this Palm Sunday.

That it is. It most assuredly is. What a wonderful man.

[StarCMC]

Thanks for the ping - let me know if I should ping the list. :-)

[mpackard]

Okay, I was inspired by the story and warm all over, but when I got to the last line....the tears began to pour. God Bless this wonderful man and his family.