Channel Ship Saved Man From Drifting Boat... He Wants To Go To Russia.. Aleksander Mahdenko a 33 year old Ukrainian was picked up in Mid Channel yesterday from a 5 ft. dinghy which was drifting helplessly. He said he started out from Dover after hitch - hiking from London. He said he was fed-up with England because he could not get a job - and hoped to get to Russia Via Switzerland and the Red Cross. He lost his cars in the channel.. Mahdenko was taken back to Dover.. Keystone Photo Shows:- Aleksander Mahdenko after his rescue from the dinghy in the Channel yesterday..
Photo measures 8.25 x 10 inches.
Photo is dated 12-12-1958.
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