A Hero Close to Home By Gracie McDermott

“Help me! Help me!” A frail, defenseless woman in a white dress is tethered to a railroad track pleading for someone to save her. The tracks begin to quiver. Gentle “chugs” quickly increase their clarity. A whistle sounds. She turns her head to see a plume of smoke bellowing out of the smokestack of a train coming closer and closer....

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