NASM Workers Rescue Woman from Path of Train
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PrintTwo National Air and Space Museum Building Management workers, Wolfgang Gadson and James Greenwell, rescue a woman from the path of a Metro train at the L'Enfant Plaza Metro Station. Both men jumped onto the tracks to attend the woman, who was suffering a seizure, although the train was no more than 300 yards from them. The train was able to stop before striking the three people.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 3, "The Torch," March 1981, p. 1, 3.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
February 5, 1981