# Rescue on Pit River Bridge (sharpened)

- By: Virginia Schau
- Date: Taken on 3 May 1953
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: Sacramento Bee, May 4, 1953, via Newspapers.com. Republished by Penn Live, "13 iconic Pulitzer-Prize winning photos", April 12, 2019.
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rescue_on_Pit_River_Bridge_(sharpened).jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/1/14/Rescue_on_Pit_River_Bridge_%28sharpened%29.jpg/1920px-Rescue_on_Pit_River_Bridge_%28sharpened%29.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

"Rescue on Pit River Bridge", photograph of two truckers being rescued after driving their truck over the railing of the Pit River Bridge. Winner of the 1954 Pulitzer Prize for Photography.