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9-Year-Old Oregon Boy Steers Big Rig to Safety

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09 Aug 2007 8 views
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9-Year-Old Oregon Boy Steers Big Rig to Safety
9-Year-Old Oregon Boy Steers Big Rig to Safety

In yet another example of what kids are capable of when called upon to do the extraordinary, a nine-year-old boy steered a tractor-trailer (hauling over 100,000 pounds of lumber) to safety when his father lost consciousness behind the wheel.

Read about it in the Oregonian.

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