RESCUE
Continued from Page i
In his lifesaving class, Wilson said he learned that people
should try to throw a rope or tree branch to a drowning vic
tim. But he said he knew time was of the essence, so he
jumped In the river and swam a diagonal angle of pursuit of
the man. who was moving quickly downstream about 15 feet
from the bank.
“It seemed like a mile," Wilson said.
With his right arm across the maq’s chest. Wilson held tho
man to his side and swam to shore in about five minutes.
Wilson and Sigma Nu members David Breitenstoin. 19, and
Dave Gremaux, 23. had run to the shore together. However,
Gremaux was standing near a sharp drop-off into tho river
and fell in while taking his shirt off. said Breilenstein. who
swam in after his fraternity brother.
"I was just reaching the shore (with Gremaux) when I saw
five guys helping Brian and the man onto the shore.”
Breitenstoin said. "The man was really weak and really quiet.
He just said. Thank you.'’’
The victim was conscious when Wilson reached the shore.
He was taken to Sacred Heart General Hospital by ambulance
and released Monday, according to hospital records.
Wilson said he’s surprised by the attention the media and
his friends and family have paid to the rescue.
"All my friends are calling me a hero," he said. "I don’t
think that it’s much of a big deal. My girlfriend told her
mother and she’s like. ’You picked a good man.’ It’s kind of
embarrassing"
Although Wilson was able to save a man’s life, attempting
to rescue a drowning victim puts the rescuer in danger, said
Eugene police department and Lane County sheriff's office
officials.
Tim Birr. Eugene police department spokesman, said the
river is dangerous because of frigid water and swift currents
"It's very hard to argue with success.” Birr said. "But Mr.
Wilson took some extreme risks."
John Pitetli, a volunteer search coordinator with the Lane
County sheriffs office, said he estimated the river's tempera
ture was about 50 degrees at the time of the rescue People
can survive in that temperature for only about 75 minutes be
fore hypothermia sets in.
Drowning victims have been known to pull their rescuers
down with them when they're scared, he said.
People should only enter tho water as a last resort to try to
rescue someone. They should first attempt to throw a rope or
branch or reach them in a boat. But there are no givens in
drowning cases. Pitetti said.
"It’s not a simple question and there are no simple ques
tions.” ho said. "It’s not o good recommendation to say.
’Stand back and lot them drown.’ but you can’t say, ’Jump in
and save anyone you see jump or fall in.' "
I
MULTIRACIAL
Continued from Page 1
asked "There are struggles ihese people have
dealt with in term* of loyally If they have loyally
to two sides. they feel torn between the) two "
Mortguchl said sometimes she*'* forced to
choose) what race) to consider herself On applica
lions asking for her race), shei checks the "other"
category If there Is no "other" lategorv. she
checks "black
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that's mostly what I am." she said "That’s what I
look like
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mixed." she said "I don't reially feed I'm discrimi
nated against for being mixed, il's for being
black. ''
Robin Holmes, a staff psychologist ai the Uni
versity Counseling Center, said the biracta! stu
dents she counsels don't fee! pressured by socle
ty Instead, they place pressure on themselves to
choose which race they will consider themselves
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concern." she said "They're not sure of where
they fit In."
Junior David Green ha urn said he's never fell
pressured to choose between his two bai k
grounds His mother Is Japanese-Americ an and
Ins father is white
But Creanbaum's friends of both races often
forget his mixed heritage and choose to think of
him as Iieing of only one race.
"Both sides like to see me as their own. not as
'the other,' ” he said.
Being btraci.il can he tougher than being of only
one race. Greenbaum said
"I feel like more of a minority than the so
called minority.” he said
Junior Leslie Warren's mother is Japanese
American and her father is African-American and
part Native American She said people have a
special set of stereotypes for biracial people
"I had someone come up to me and ask me
what heritage I am," Warren said "I told him,
and he said. 'So your dad met her in the ser
There are struggles these
people have dealt with in
terms of loyalty. If they have
loyalty to two sides, they feel
tom between the two.'
Coco Onowcn,
psychologist
Vico?'
Although simrtv mov give these students some
problems, they said they reap some tx-nofits from
being in a birociul or multinicial family
Warren said she attends traditional lapanese hi
neral services and eats "soul fix id every time she
visits her parents
being hiracial gives her a more global perspet
live, Warren said
"I'm better at accepting differences in other
people because it's been around me all my life,"
she said "That's what makes you intelligent, if
you ( an adapt to other cultures You can't get that
out of a txmk "
Mortguchi said she has the ability to accept
people of all rotes and not Judge them Ix'oause of
their race
Crecuhaum said lie's experienced the "best of
both cultures
Moriguchi's mother, Sarah Koss, is the |iresi
dent of Honoring Our New bthnlc Youth, .in edu
cational group primarily for interracial families
In most of the intcrr.K lal families she's worked
with, one parent is white and one is African
American
Moriguchi said she believes society is becotn
ing more ac cepting of btrai lal families Hut hire
rial or multiracial people must learn to accept
themselves and Ixitii or all of their racial bai k
grounds, she said
"To identify with both cultures." she said,
"That'll what I think would be the natural
counie "
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