Eddie Daniels, the mayor of Vienna, Ga., was driving to work when he saw an SUV lodged on the train tracks - with a mother and three children stuck inside.
Daniels, the 60-year-old mayor of Vienna, yanked the mother out of the driver’s seat. Next, he grabbed her 1-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son from the back seat before reaching for the last child.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Daniels elaborated on what happened during a trip that started out as a normal commute to work. Daniels, who’s served on the Vienna City Council for 18 years, including six as mayor, also works at the Goldens’ Foundry and Machine Company in nearby Cordele. In his nearly five years at the foundry, he’s churned out metal parts for companies like Volvo and Caterpillar.Around 3:35 a.m.
At first, he thought it belonged to a railroad worker doing track maintenance or repairs. But as he was driving past, the driver honked the horn to get his attention. Then he heard the woman screaming for help. He did. Reaching into the back seat, Daniels simultaneously grabbed the wrists of her 1-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son and yanked them from the vehicle. He flung them toward their mother and whipped back to the SUV — one more to go. He wasn’t thinking, just reacting as the train bore down on them.Closer than he thought. As he grabbed the wrist of the final child, a 6-year-old boy, the train hit the front driver’s side of the SUV, just inches to the left of Daniels and his new charge.
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