I personally think that the cops are the ones with the ego's here. If they tell you that 2 and 2 is 3 then you are supposed to smile and nod and agree whole heartedly.
Saving the guys life seemed obvious to the guy doing the saving -but the cops undoubtedly wanted to tell him what was possible and what wasn't. "Oh you don't agree that 2 and 2 is 3? -Well then, you are under arrest."
From the San Marcos Record
Here is the only quote I could find on the defendent's letter to the editor:
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"Had there been divers in the area, ready to take over, I would have gladly moved aside, yet I saw no rescue divers present at the scene, nor any rescue personnel at large, who even got their feet wet that day," Newman said in a letter to the Daily Record. "... I knew and hoped that maybe I had a chance there to help him, and I stand by the decision that I made that day."
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http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/artic...news/news2.txt