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- Owner: NBC News
- Clip Name: 5112525094_s03
- Date: 3/27/84
- Title: THE MIRACULOUS RECOVERY OF JIMMY TONTLEWICZ AFTER NEARLY DROWNING IN FROZEN LAKE
- Production Unit: NN
- Media Type: AS
- Media ID: N840327
- Ardome ID: 1100100717060921422
- Hit Time: 00:07:26
- Duration: 00:01:56;00
- Location: Chicago;Lake Michigan;Illinois
- Era: 1980s
- Personalities: Tontlewicz, Jimmie;Tontlewicz, Terrance;Tontlewicz, Kathy;Harar, Paulette
- Short Description: THE MIRACULOUS RECOVERY OF JIMMY TONTLEWICZ AFTER NEARLY DROWNING IN FROZEN LAKE
- Comments: Acc #: 117212;Edited;Reviewer: MSR;Created By: MSR;
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Long Description:
THE MIRACULOUS RECOVERY OF JIMMY TONTLEWICZ AFTER NEARLY DROWNING IN FROZEN LAKE
4-YEAR-OLD JIMMIE TONTLEWICZ CRAWLS THROUGH A TUBE IN HOSPITAL PLAYROOM; HE PLAYS A GAME WITH HIS NURSES. ON 1-15-84 JIMMIE IS LIFTED OUT OF FROZEN LAKE MICHIGAN BY A SCUBA DIVER & PULLED OUT OF LAKE BY RESCUERS. DR. PAULETTE HARAR OF THE REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO SAYS TRULY A MIRACLE HAS OCCURRED RE: JIMMIES RECOVERY. JIMMIES MOTHER KATHY TONTLEWICZ SAYS JIMMIE DOESNT UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM & SHE WIPES AWAY TEARS. SHE SAYS ITS LIKE REBIRTH THAT JIMMIE WAS GIVEN TO HER AGAIN. DAYCARE CENTER INTERIORS & CHILDREN SEEN . JIMMIE PLAYS WITH NURSES. JIMMIES FATHER TERRANCE TONTLEWICZ SAYS HES COME OUT OF IT. JIMMIE PLAYS AT PUZZLE WNURSES. KATHY HELPS JIMMIE PUT HIS GLOVES ON IN HOSPITAL CORRIDOR.
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Producers: NBC