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OMAHA, Neb. — Brian Arps, an Omaha firefighter, pushed his wife out of a boat before crashing after he had a stroke and lost control of the watercraft.
“He’s the best boater, fisherman, been on the Elkhorn River for 30 years,” said Kim Arps, Brian Arps’ wife. While Brian Arps lost control of the craft, the boat was speeding toward a large tree. His wife said before the boat hit the tree, instinct kicked in. He took the brunt of the impact, and pushed his wife out of the way.
“He broke his shoulder, all his ribs, a hole in each lung and tore his aorta,” Kim Arps said. She said she thought her husband was gone after the crash.
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