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Felipe Santamaria ’23, Anjan Mani ’23 and Alexander Chung ’21, left to right, are pictured March 16 near the Arts Quad. On March 10, the trio helped save a 62-year-old man who fell into the 40-degree water of Cayuga Lake while fishing off a pier at Taughannock Falls State Park. Students save man from frigid lake after fishing mishap
March 17, 2021
Alexander Chung ’21 has been a competitive swimmer for years, and was a lifeguard in his hometown of Rockville, Maryland, before arriving at Cornell.
But until March 10, he’d never had to save someone from drowning.
That all changed on a balmy Wednesday afternoon at Taughannock Falls State Park, about seven miles north of Ithaca, when Chung and fellow students Anjan Mani ’23 and Felipe Santamaria ’23 helped rescue a 62-year-old man who’d fallen into the 40-degree water while fishing off a pier with his two grandsons.