Mayor Tedd Wallace
It's a bitter sweet story for South Lyon Mayor Tedd Wallace.
Diane Gale Andreassi of the South Lyon Herald writes that a Danish tourist died trying to save Wallace when he was being swept away by a riptide while boogie boarding on vacation Sunday in St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The paper reports that a second rescuer, who was climbing rocks nearby, pulled Wallace from the water. That person was unable to save the Danish tourist.
"They're both heroes," Wallace said. "The rescuer said he didn't know why he climbed up on the rocks. He said he looked over to the left and realized that we were in trouble."
