1967 Press Photo Hero William Zydiak with girls he saved from drowning

Hero William D. Zydiak, 47-year-old real estate salesman, talks with 10-year-old Janet Davis, right, and her sister, Patricia, 8, in Mobile, Alabama about the day in 1965 when he saved the girls from drowning at Gulf Shores, Alabama. Zydiak was awarded a bronze medal by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission.

Photo is dated 1967.

Photo measures 8 x 8.25 inches.