Deborah Booker Gloston saved Gabriel J. Cantu and Robert and Yesenia Garcia from being struck by a runaway vehicle, Galveston, Texas, December 2, 1980. Following an accident at the intersection of Market and Sixteenth streets, an automobile veered toward the corner where Mrs. Gloston, 31, school crossing guard, stood with Gabriel, 6, Robert, 6, and Yesenia, 7, to escort them across the intersection. As the automobile headed toward them, Mrs. Gloston pushed the children from its path and was struck and knocked down unconscious. She required extensive hospitalization for a severe head injury.
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