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Woman honored who lost arm while saving girl.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)
In the summer of 2003. Robyn Boggs vacationed with members of her extended family at her father-in-law's house on the Potomac River in Stafford County, Virginia. As other relatives boarded the family boat, Mrs. Boggs and her 11-year-old niece. Sarah Planakis, contented themselves with relaxing on floatable seat cushions in the river.
From the river, Mrs. Boggs watched her 12-year-old son water-ski behind the boat, and she became worried because the boat appeared to be headed perilously close to Sarah and her. When her son jumped off his skis, the boat continued on a path headed straight toward Sarah. In an AP interview reported in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Mrs. Boggs recalled thinking: "He's going to kill her with that boat!"
Mrs. Boggs swam toward her niece and pushed the girl under the water, only to be struck by the boat herself. A report on the Carnegie Hero website reveals: "The boat's propeller caught her along her left side, inflicting cuts from shoulder to knee and almost severing her arm."
Mrs. Boggs knew her condition was severe: her left ...
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