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A second man overcome by manure pit gases during an incident in Clinton County last month has died, his family said.

Justin P. Faur, 23, of Teeds Grove, died Saturday at University Hospitals in Iowa City.

Faur was overcome by the gases when he tried to save Clinton County cattle farmer Dwight Johnson, 52, of Andover on April 16.

Police said Faur called 911 and then jumped into an underground pit to rescue Johnson, who later died on April 20.

"I think everybody in the area thinks Justin is a hero, and I think in our minds he was," Faur's stepfather, Dean Papke, said Monday.

Officials said Faur and Johnson were in the process of draining the pit's liquefied manure when the accident happened. Neighbors said they believed Johnson went in to the pit to retrieve a chain before it got wrapped up in a pump.

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