Timothy Chafin saved Shauna Dotson from being struck by a train, Iaeger, West Virginia, March 31, 1993. Ms. Dotson, 19, was the driver of a pickup truck that became stranded by traffic on a track of a railroad crossing. A train approached the crossing on that track at about 25 m.p.h. Working nearby, Chafin, 32, track maintenance foreman, became aware of the situatioon and immediately ran to the driver’s side of the truck, putting himself between the approaching train and the truck. With the train bearing down on them at slightly diminished speed, Chafin opened the door, grasped an immobilized Ms. Dotson, and pulled her out of the truck. Running, he carried her away from the truck seconds before the train struck and destroyed it. 67787-7823
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