Camp Lejeune Marine saved couple in Nigeria

Marine awarded for saving couple
WNCT News
By Angela Green
Posted: Apr 14, 2014

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Sergeant Stephen Lowe, an armory custodian with 2nd Marine Division has been awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal.

This honor comes nearly a year after he swam through waves nearly six feet tall to help rescue a couple in distress at a beach on Snake Island, Nigeria.

Lowe said he risked his life in such conditions because he believes that everybody's life is more important than your own. "That’s the way I was raised that if someone needed help you helped them, even if it was giving them the shirt off of your back. So you should never get or expect a prize for saving someone’s life.

That’s a prize in itself,” he said.
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