Wilbur D. Calhoun, Sr., saved Gloria Cedillos from being killed by a train, El Paso, Texas, July 15, 1947. Gloria, 3, got onto a track on which a locomotive pulling cars was backing, and as the train approached she lay on a rail. Calhoun, 49, engine foreman, ran out of the locomotive cab, swung himself under a handrail of the cab platform, and placed one foot on a drawbar as the locomotive moved within 25 feet of Gloria at a speed of 15 m.p.h. and the engineer applied emergency brakes. Pivoting, Calhoun jumped down three and a half feet onto a footboard eight inches above the rail, squatted, and without holding to any support leaned forward and with one hand knocked Gloria off the track. He grasped a rod extending from the drawbar but unable to steady himself jumped clear of the train. Gloria was struck a glancing blow on the head by a side projection of the locomotive, which stopped after moving 40 feet beyond the point where Calhoun had reached her. She sustained a minor laceration, and Calhoun suffered wrenched shoulder muscles, but both recovered. 41095-3573
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