Boy's rescuer recalls sister's drowning in Lawton pond

 
BY ROBERT MEDLEY rmedley@opubco.com
Published: February 21, 2011

LAWTON — Hector Figueroa peeled off his shirt and boots and jumped into a cold pond after he saw a girl floating face down and a younger boy splashing and flapping his arms.

Figueroa , 45, swam to the middle of the pond Sunday and tried to save Savannah Martin , 7. He was too late to help her, but he swam back to save her 2-year-old brother, Tommy Martin , who was wearing a bicycle helmet that helped keep ...


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