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While sunbathing in Barbados, rookie member of the Canadian parliament (and Prime Minister to be) John Turner nonchalantly saved the life of then Prime Minster John Diefenbaker who was violently pulled under the surface by a strong undertow. In describing the event, Turner explained, “My wife said, ‘Gee….Dief is in trouble out there,’ so I went out and got him.”