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Utah Senate honors civilians who rescued motorcyclist and three children, hears firsthand accounts
Summary
The Utah Senate recognized bystanders who performed two separate rescues — lifting a burning car to free a trapped motorcyclist and flipping a submerged vehicle to save three children — and heard survivors and rescuers describe the incidents and the lifesaving actions.
The Utah State Senate paused its legislative agenda Wednesday to honor two groups of civilians who performed dramatic rescues in Cache Valley last winter.
Senator Hilliard called for citation readings and video presentations that showed bystanders lifting a burning vehicle to free a trapped motorcyclist (Brandon Wright) and, separately, bystanders who flipped an overturned car in the Logan River to rescue three children on Dec. 31, 2011.
Roger Anderson, the driver and father of two of the rescued children, addressed the Senate in a Committee of the Whole and…
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