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A Father's Love and Sacrifice.
let us all reflect on the Father's great love and sacrifice by spending
18 minutes of our precious youtube time to watch a video that brings it
all into perspective.
Based on a true story:
The father's name was John Griffith. He had lost all he had in the
stock market crash. He moved to Mississippi where he took a job as
bridge operator for a railroad trestle. In 1937 he was involved in a
horrible accident. One day his 8 year-old son, Greg, spent the day with
his Dad at work. The boy poked around the office and asked dozens of
questions - just like little boys do. The bridge was over a river and
whenever a ship came John had to open the bridge to allow the ships to
pass. The day the boy was there with his father a ship was coming so
John opened up the drawbridge. After a moment or two he realized his son
wasn't in the office and as he looked around, to his horror, John saw
his son climbing around on the gears of the draw bridge. He hurried
outside to rescue his son but just then he heard a fast approaching
passenger train, the Memphis Express, filled with 400 people. He yelled
to his son, but the noise of the now clearing ship and the oncoming
train made it impossible for the boy to hear him. All of a sudden John
Griffith realized his horrible dilemma. If he took the time to rescue
his son the train would crash killing all aboard, but if he closed the
bridge, the boy would be crushed in the gears. John would sacrifice his
son. He made the horrible decision, pulled the lever and closed the
bridge. It is said, as the train went by John could see the faces of the
passengers, some reading, some even waving, all of them oblivious to
the sacrifice that had just been made for them.
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