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Coralville father drowns saving child in Iowa River, awarded Carnegie medal

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Coralville father and City High custodian Wegayewu Faris, 42, is recognized for his extraordinary heroism in saving another. On Aug. 5, 2022, a father and his son were fishing at a bank on the Iowa River in Lone Tree, IA. The 8-year-old boy wadded into the water and struggled to swim against the current.

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Coralville father drowns saving child in Iowa River, awarded Carnegie medal

The man who died trying to save a drowning child in the Iowa River is awarde a Carnegie Medal for HeroismOn Aug. 5, 2022, a father and his son were fishing at a

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