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Martin Leonard Skutnik III (born 1953 in Mississippi, known as Lenny) [1] [2] is a retired employee of the United States Congressional Budget Office [3] who, on January 13, 1982, saved the life of Priscilla Tirado following the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 into the frozen Potomac River, Washington, D.C.
Priscilla Tirado is her correct name, at least by my ear while watching the National Geographic episode covering this crash; perhaps the spelling is slightly different, but I doubt it. She was flying to Tampa with her husband and baby, both of whom died in the crash, to start a new life.
Panzer captured Skutnik's dive to pull Tirado from the water. Panzer was a 1983 Pulitzer Prize finalist for this spot news photography. Charles "Charlie" Pereira, a photographer with the United States Park Police, immediately ran to the 14th Street Bridge upon learning of the crash and captured the only still images from the rescue.
The poor woman’s fiery death came just as Gov. Kathy Hochul sent 250 more National Guard troops into the Big Apple’s subway system for the holiday rush — swelling its $100 million subway ...
One of only three surviving actors with personal memories of making 'The Wizard of Oz,' 95- year-old Priscilla Montgomery Clark recounts her role as a Munchkin
We should all look so young at 72! Priscilla Presley left viewers -- and Twitter -- totally stunned during a recent TV appearance in the United Kingdom, looking a fraction of her age as she sat ...
Linda Tirado (born 1981 or 1982) [1] is an American author, freelance photographer and political activist. ... In 2014, she was included in the BBC's 100 Women. [4]
[5] [6] The couple donated money to AIDS charities from selling wedding photos. [ 7 ] In August 1996, Fortensky was arrested for drug use after police in Hemet, California , found him in an illegally parked luxury motor home with no license plates with a woman he identified as his live-in maid.