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Local 1725 Member Dies in Heroic Rescue Kent Sandefur at the 2003 Local 1725 annual summer picnic. Funeral services were held this week in Charlotte, NC for Local 1725 member Kent Edward Sandefur, who perished while rescuing two small children from the waters off Tybee Island, Georgia. According to police, Sandefur was walking along the beach with a group that included his minister’s children, ages 9 and 6, when all three were swept into deep water by what witnesses described as a rogue wave. The 36-year old utility worker at US Airways in Charlotte, NC successfully fought waves and currents to bring both children back to safety. At one point, Sandefur held one child over his head while urging the other to keep going toward the shore. Bystanders helped pulled the children the remaining yards to safety, but Sandefur never made it back. A search by police, lifeguards and the U.S. Coast Guard for Sandefur’s body was called off the following morning. Fellow union members had nothing but praise for their co-worker, who rarely took vacations and worked hard to support his family. “He was always talking about his little boy,” said Rich Buschel, editor of Local 1725 Victory News. “He worked so hard he once fell asleep at the wheel going home and wrecked his truck.” Kent Sandefur is survived by his wife and three sons, ages 5, 14 and 17. |
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