I had to jump over a little bit of water to get the shot. That 'ol River she's a flowin'!
http://tomleeamemphishero.webs.com/history.htm
I didn't realize this at the time, but when this photo of me in front of the Tom Lee monument was being made it was also the 86th anniversary of that fateful day! May 8, 1925 is when Tom Lee pulled 32 people out of the Mississippi River and took them to shore in his motorized boat 'Zev.' Saving their lives. Even crazier was this photo was taken at sunset just about the time that Tom Lee noticed the M. E. Norman sinking downriver at the Cow Island Bend. What started out being a joke photo has really turned into something special for me, and for my understanding of this very heroic event, and selfless man.
~"Lee acted quickly, calmly and with no regard for his own safety, continuing to search after night fell."
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