hereEngineers, according to reports, have credited PC Marshall's bravery and skill with saving the town - and its residents.The dam wall and slipway held back 280 million gallons of water from Whaley Bridge.
and its people. As firefighters battled to pump out water, PC Marshall climbed up onto the crumbling spillway wall and laid down around 400 sandbags being passed to him from colleagues, The Independent reports.He continued despite whirlpools forming at his feet, which is said to be a tell-tale sign of an imminent collapse, the report said.The bags provided an extra 'lip' - holding back the reservoir's water from the area where the spillway had failed, police chiefs said.
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