He Stayed to Warn the Train

He Stayed to Warn the Train He had a few minutes to run. Instead, he sat down and tapped out one last message. This really happened. December 1917, Halifax, Canada. Vince Coleman worked as a train dispatcher by the harbour. Two ships collided in the harbour. One was carrying explosives, and it was on fire. A sailor ran in and shouted: get out, that ship is going to explode. Vince started to run. Then he remembered: a passenger train with about three hundred people was on its way in. So he went back to his desk. He tapped: hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour. Guess this will be my last message. Goodbye, boys. Seconds later, the ship exploded. It was the biggest man-made blast the world had ever seen. Vince did not survive. But his message got through. The train stopped in time, and its passengers lived. That's Vince Coleman. He chose a train full of strangers over his own life. Comment HERO.