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Construction worker dangling from a crane plucks woman trapped in swirling river to safety Sarah Titterton Daily Mail 07/01/2009	JCB driver hailed a hero Telegraph 03/05/2009
A construction worker dangles from a crane, his arm stretched out to reach a terrified woman trapped in swirling water at the base of a dam. These astonishing images show the dramatic rescue of the woman after her boat overturned near the dam on the Des Moines River in Iowa. She was pulled to safety by the quick-thinking construction crew - but her husband, who was with her in the boat when it overturned yesterday, tragically drowned.	JCB digger driver Michael Meehan has been hailed a hero for swerving to avoid other cars after his vehicle went out of control and crashed over a cliff top, an inquest heard.
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