City of Selma to Honor Citizen Hero
The City of Selma will honor Auburn University graduate student Nathaniel “Doug” Bacon who risked his life to rescue a stranger who jumped off the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Tuesday, January 8, 2013.
Mr. Bacon was driving through Selma on his way home to Auburn when he spotted a woman about to jump off the bridge. Without hesitating, he immediately drove to the other side of the bridge, stripped down to his underwear, and swam out to rescue the woman. When he reached the Selmont side of the river bank, first responders were waiting to administer lifesaving treatment.





















