1964 Press Photo Firefighter Robert J. Ducote Saves Drowning Boy - noo10447

Harry E. Newton will never have a better Father's Day present. His son, Leslie, 7, was found floating unconscious just off the seawall at Lake Pontchartrain, and the combined work of his rescuer, Jefferson Parish Fire Department Captain Robert J. Ducote, and Orleans Levee Board life guards Billy Gruber, Dennis Weber, Richard Mays and John Pat Brechtel, saved the youth.

Photo is dated 1964.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.