Re: Siberians save woman's life (TRUE STORY)

Lynda, The article was printed as a Letter to the Editor in the
'Berlin Daily News' by her son - Harold R. Sullivan of
Manchester, NH. I have been waiting myself to use it in TSI as a
filler. No room as of yet.

Ellen

--- Lynda Love <rxiris@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi Ellen!
> 
> Did you find a roomie for the convention?
> Also, I've been holding onto the following email because I'd
> like to  
> print it in our Region newsletter. Is there a way I can do
> that? Whom  
> do I credit?
> 
> Thanks!!
> 
> Lynda
> 
> On Jul 22, 2004, at 2:24 PM, Ellen Gallagher wrote:
> 
> > This was written by Harold R. Sullivan of Manchester, NH,
> son of
> > Mrs. Olive Sullivan of Berlin, NH (who happens to live on my
> > street). This was in the Berlin Daily Sun, letters to the
> > Editor. It was entitled: "They are heros to my mother".
> >
> > "On Thursday, May 27th my mother, Olive Sullivan, was
> working in
> > her garden at her home at 2143 Riverside Drive in Berlin.
> About
> > 10:30 a.m. she suddenly was sucked into a sinkhole and was
> > buried chest deep. An old septic tank no longer in use
> collapsed
> > from all the rain. She could easily have been buried alive
> had
> > she not grabbed onto some Siberian irises and held herself
> from
> > going deeper.
> >
> > For an hour this 87 year old woman screamed for help.
> Finally,
> > her "guardian angels" arrived. (the three men's names are
> listed
> >  here but I have elected to not include them on the internet
> > without their permission } They were working next door and
> heard
> > her cries for help.
> >
> > They came over, saw the situation and despite the danger to
> > themselves, they grabbed my mother's arms and pulled her
> out.
> > They could have also been sucked into the sinkhole and
> buried.
> >
> > One of the men then volunteered to use his equipment to get
> some
> > crushed stone and fill the hole. He did this for my mother
> and
> > refused any payment.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > There is more to the letter but that is the gist of it. I
> was
> > visiting Mrs. Sullivan today because I wanted to see the
> exact
> > place it happened. She grabbed onto the Siberians since
> "they
> > are a devil to divide and they have strong, deep roots".
> >
> > Siberian are good for all kinds of things,,,
> >
> > Ellen
> >
> > p.s. Mrs. Sullivan's garden boot came off in the cold, icy
> water
> > of the sinkhole ...she did not go back and retrieve it :-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Ellen Gallagher, Berlin, New Hampshire - USDA Zone 3
> > ~~
> > Siberian iris mailing list archives 1999 - 2004:
> > http://www.hort.net/lists/sibrob/    (1996 - 1999 messages
> not  
> > archived)
> > ~~
> > The Society for Siberian Irises web page: 
> http://www.socsib.org
> >
>
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