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The story of Tom Lee and his afterlife
 
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After his heroic efforts to save 32 people from a capsized excursion boat on the Mississippi River, Tom Lee worked as a city sanitation worker and lived in the Klondike neighborhood.

 
 

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Bill Dries

Bill Dries

Reporter

Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.

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