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Dario Franchitti wins Iowa 250

Pattaya Times Sports 30.06.2009
Construction worker dangling from a crane plucks woman trapped in swirling river to safety

A construction worker dangles from a crane, his arm stretched out to reach a terrified woman trapped in swirling water at the base of a dam. These astonishing images show the dramatic rescue of the woman after her boat overturned near the dam on the Des Moines River in Iowa. She was pulled to safety by the quick-thinking construction crew - but her husband, who was with her in the boat when it overturned yesterday, tragically drowned.

Dario Franchitti wins Iowa 250

Dario Franchitti was disappointed that Saturday’s qualifying for the Iowa Corn Indy 250 was canceled. He felt that a few late tweaks made to his No. 10 car had turned it into a “rocket ship.”


 

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