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Courageous workers echo heroism in perilous trades
A Cleveland volume on danger and nerve spotlights divers, bridge builders, steeplejacks, and firemen risking their lives in daily tasks. Vivid anecdotes detail the river diver’s mud entrapments, bridge collapse near White River Junction, and Bill Brown’s selfless engine service amid a blazing drug house fire, illustrating quiet courage behind everyday labor.
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