Aspen, Colorado – A New York City grad student is hailed as a hero after jumping into frigid water to aid a woman and her dog near Aspen, Colorado.
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Sandy Krohn, 27, a student at Yeshiva University, was hiking with his girlfriend’s mother, Nancy Baumann, her sister-in-law Heidi Baumann and their three dogs during a family outing.
Heidi Baumann’s black Labrador, Glover, went into a small stream and started struggling against the 3 feet current. When his owner went to check on him, she slipped in and both got sucked into an underground culvert that was flowing with icy water. “I really thought I was going to drown, and it was pitch-black in there,” said Heidi Baumann, 50. She somehow latched onto a wall about 200 feet in.
Nancy Baumann, 51, asked Krohn to help. He jumped into the water and swam to Heidi Baumann and then called for Glover. The pooch managed to get back to them and all three waited for rescuers inside the pipe. “[Krohn] said, ‘I can’t let you drown,'” Heidi Baumann recalled. “He stayed with me the whole time. He just held my hand and kept me very calm. He’s an amazing person.”
After more than 30 minutes in 3 feet of cold water, volunteer firefighters hauled them out using ropes. They were treated for hypothermia at a local hospital and released. “I can’t believe I survived,” Heidi Baumann said.
A modest Krohn asked not to be interviewed.
RE:Anon. 11:33AM
My apologies to you; I am B”H well versed in the mama loshon of the good old USA. The reason I choose
sometimes to post part or all of my
message in Yiddish, is because a retort to an argument or a comment on a particular situation has greater impact (bigger bang for the buck) when it’s in the original
langue. Sometimes, things of a cultural nature get lost in trans-
lation. To sum up my original comment; LIFE IS STRANGER THAN FICTION;
did he save the dog first.
well most normal people would try saving someone if ther are drowning
How does one make a Kidush HaShem hiking with ‘HIS GIRLFRIEND’S MOTHER’ ???”
How about by saving someone who otherwise would probably have drowned?
to whom ever is bashing a man walking with his girl freind, how in the world can you interfare with a shiduch din’t you ever hear that a shiduch is from shamayim we should encourage every yidishe shiduch, in order to bring about a shiduch we give in to the yezer hora just a bit, like the tefilin if you look good you will notice a strand of hair this hair is from a calf which is representing the golden calf, so the yezer hora should not judge us because we give in a strand of hair to him.
Bigwheel
what are you say? Explain in the mama loshen of the USA
Raboysaay. Komentarn zenen iberig.
Ven me-n vill oufmachn azaa maaseh
of Peerem volt ess nisht ge-kent zaan besser; ad kaan leshoynoy.
How does one make a Kidush HaShem hiking with ‘HIS GIRLFRIEND’S MOTHER’ ???
A Kiddush Hashem! Wow!!
His girlfriends mother asked him to go in and save her… she must’ve planned to get rid of him even before she became his mother in law.