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Tom Lee (Feburary 18, 1885 - April 1, 1952) was an African American riverworker who saved the lives of 32 passengers from drowning in the Mississippi River, following the sinking of the M. E. Norman on May 8, 1925. As a result there is a park named after him in Memphis, Tennessee.


 * 1) Sinking of the M. E. Norman

On the afternoon of May 8, 1925, Lee steered his 28 ft (8.5 m) skiff Zev upriver after delivering an official to Helena, Arkansas. Also on the river that day was a steamboat, the M.E. Norman, carrying members of the Engineers Club of Memphis, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and their families; all in all 75 people—65 passengers and 10 crewmembers.