Hero wife saves three sailors' lives through quick thinking

2:27 AM Mon 16 May 2011 GMT

'Hero sailor Mary Kovats tells the story' .

It could happen anywhere anytime, but when it happens where you are will there be a quick-thinking person to take action? Will that person be you, or will you be the one that is rescued? Three sailors are alive today because of the quick thinking and positive action of one of their wives. It happened this week on Lake Michigan in the USA. The coldness of the water of the lake added to the danger. When, after a violent microburst of wind, Mary Kovats' husband did not return on time from a sailing trip with two friends on Lake Michigan, ...

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