EditorialA statue memorializes Tom Lee, who rescued drowning passengers from a capsized steamboat in 1925, at Tom Lee Park in downtown Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 21, 2021. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialA statue memorializes Tom Lee, who rescued drowning passengers from a capsized steamboat in 1925, at Tom Lee Park in downtown Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 21, 2021. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)