{"id":34756,"date":"2016-07-25T10:21:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T14:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=34756"},"modified":"2016-07-25T10:21:08","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T14:21:08","slug":"man-hit-train-saved-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/man-hit-train-saved-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Man hit by train, saved by member","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
In a heroic show of foresight and bravery, SMART Transportation Division Vice Local Chairperson Rob Forrest (Local 202 at Denver) saved the life of a pedestrian Wednesday, July 20. In a heroic show of foresight and bravery, SMART Transportation Division Vice Local Chairperson Rob Forrest (Local 202 at Denver) saved the life of a pedestrian Wednesday, July 20. Forrest, who – according to SMART TD Colorado State Legislative Director Carl Smith – carries a tourniquet for his personal belief of being prepared, used the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":6,"featured_media":27031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,9,18],"tags":[2058,2474,3374],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nForrest, who – according to SMART TD Colorado State Legislative Director Carl Smith – carries a tourniquet for his personal belief of being prepared, used the tourniquet to save a\u00a022-year-old man’s life after being hit and dragged by a BNSF\u00a0train that Forrest was on.
\nFirst responders credited Forrest’s application of the tourniquet to saving the man’s life.
\nRead more about the accident from CBS Denver<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"