Eric Harper
Eric Harper
Eric Tristram Harper was a New Zealand sportsman, who is most notable for playing rugby union for the New Zealand national rugby union team and in 1905 became one of the Original All Blacks when he toured Britain and Ireland with Dave Gallaher's team...
proud work
I was really proud to work there that day.
appreciate happy people turned
I'm happy things turned out the way it did and appreciate that people are thankful, but we were just doing our job.
feelings felt left scared stepped terrified took
Once I got to the boy, it's weird, but any feelings of being scared or terrified kind of left me. I felt panicky after I stepped back and the paramedics took over.
arms boy chair feet lips picked purple three
I got out of my chair and waded into the water, which was about three feet deep. I rolled him over and he was unconscious, his lips had a purple tint. He wasn't breathing. I picked the boy up in my arms and whistled for assistance.