{"id":20736,"date":"2013-06-14T17:12:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T21:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=20736"},"modified":"2013-06-14T17:12:46","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T21:12:46","slug":"smart-conductor-helps-rescue-boy-from-cliff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/smart-conductor-helps-rescue-boy-from-cliff\/","title":{"rendered":"SMART conductor helps rescue boy from cliff","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SMART Transportation Division member and conductor Ben Goar (Local 911),\u00a0along with engineer Frederick Jarrell, was presented with an award for helping to save seven-year-old William Simondet&#8217;s life. The Canadian Pacific conductor and the engineer saw the boy on a steep Mississippi River bluff in St. Paul, Minn., while they were stopped to change crews.<br \/>\nGoar radioed to the St. Paul rail yard and told them to get police and firemen to their location.<br \/>\nGoar then went to yell up to Simondet to keep him distracted so he didn&#8217;t fall while Jarrell climbed up the bluff to the rock ledge that the boy stood on. Jarrell then carried the boy on his back to safety.<br \/>\n&#8220;I just did what most people would do,&#8221; Goar said. &#8220;It&#8217;s good to see him back with his family.&#8221;<br \/>\nSimondet is an autistic boy who had wandered away from home \u00a0May 11.<br \/>\nFire Chief Tim Butler gave both men letters of commendation at a ceremony held June 10.<br \/>\n&#8220;Your coordinated and impromptu rescue efforts went above and beyond those expected of ordinary citizens,&#8221; Butler wrote. &#8220;Without your quick thinking, decisive action and selfless courage, the outcome for this child could have been severe.&#8221;<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20737\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20737\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20737 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Fire-chief-Goar-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"Fire chief &amp; Goar\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Fire-chief-Goar-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Fire-chief-Goar.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Left: Fire Chief Tim Butler, Jarrell and Goar<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small\">Photo courtesy of <em>CP Rail<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMART Transportation Division member and conductor Ben Goar (Local 911),\u00a0along with engineer Frederick Jarrell, was presented with an award for helping to save seven-year-old William Simondet&#8217;s life. 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