Every day, there are many cases where a worker steps up, risking their own safety to ensure that of another. They see a dangerous situation, and a person they may or may not know about to walk into it, and step forward to prevent it or rescue them from it. These are the Safety Superheros. The ones you rarely hear about. Their impact can be enormous, in the great scheme of things.
Back in 1862, a young 15 year old teenager named Al was selling newspapers and candy on the Grand Trunk Railroad to Detroit.. As Al was working one day, he spotted a three year old boy walking along the tracks, unaware of a freight car approaching him. Al quickly ran to the boy, pulling him from danger just in time. In gratitude, the boy’s father- who happened to be the railroad’s station master, offered to teach Al how to operate the telegraph. Al was intrigued by this technology and he sought to improve upon it. This simple act of recognizing a hero helped propel Thomas Alva Edison to go on and become America’s greatest and most famous inventor.