Here is the 1968 Pulitzer Prize winner of the Spot News Photography: "The Kiss of Life" photographed by Rocco Morabito.
A utility worker, J.D. Thompson, is suspended on a utility pole and giving mouth to mouth resuscitation to a fellow lineman, Randall G. Champion, who was unconscious and hanging upside down after contacting a high voltage line.
Champion survived and lived until 2002, when he died of heart failure at the age of 64. Thompson is still living.
Its a stunning photo. Without knowing the background, it looks homoerotic, but, quick action by his buddy saved a man's life. Awesome.






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