Heroic Factory Worker Saved Lives in Deadly Tornado Aftermath
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On the night of December 10th, the Mayfield Consumer Products candle plant in Mayfield, Kentucky was demolished by a tornado that reduced it to rubble. Eight workers lost their lives, but the death toll could have been higher if not for one man who pulled victims from the rubble.\\xa0
On the night of the deadly tornado, Marco Sanchez was an inmate at the Graves County Jail, but on work detail at the factory.\\xa0
Sanchez was in the factory as it collapsed. When the building came down on him and his co-workers, Sanchez found a small hole in the rubble and crawled out. He then worked feverishly to pull victims from the rubble and provide aid to others who were trapped and injured. And he did all of this despite suffering a broken leg and cracked ribs.\\xa0
It was miraculous that Sanchez survived as many people died in the area where he crawled out. After he freed himself, he went to find tools and other supplies, and came back looking for survivors. He freed several people, possibly saving their lives.\\xa0
During the commotion he caught a ride to the emergency room where he received treatment and then turned himself in to a state trooper at the hospital. As you can imagine, the trooper was busy and told Sanchez to do the right thing.\\xa0
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