http://www.munster-express.ie/opinion/saluting-our-unsung-heroes/ Munster Express Online, Waterford's leading weekly newspaper Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:25:54 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.munster-express.ie/opinion/saluting-our-unsung-heroes/comment-page-1/#comment-81920 john murphy Thu, 17 Jul 2014 01:54:31 +0000 http://www.munster-express.ie/?p=77515#comment-81920 To see what a real hero was like, check out the deeds of the very recently deceased Walter Abrahamsson, who was a lifeboat coxswain in Dunmore for many years, and who dived into the harbour twice,in winter, to save lives when a van accidently drove off the pier. He had to come up to get a hammer to break the window,diving down to the bottom again to effect the rescue. A real, and modest, hero. To see what a real hero was like, check out the deeds of the very recently deceased Walter Abrahamsson, who was a lifeboat coxswain in Dunmore for many years, and who dived into the harbour twice,in winter, to save lives when a van accidently drove off the pier. He had to come up to get a hammer to break the window,diving down to the bottom again to effect the rescue. A real, and modest, hero.

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