“I’m just grateful I was in the right place at the right time,” said Arizona Public Service worker Robert Butler
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- Arizona utility workers saved a toddler who ran toward heavy traffic in downtown Phoenix
- One Arizona Public Service employee, Robert Butler, stopped his truck and caught the child just before they reached a busy intersection
- Butler, a father himself, reunited the toddler with their parent and called the moment a powerful reminder to stay vigilant
Electrical workers for an Arizona utility company are being praised for their heroics after saving a toddler who nearly ran into heavy traffic.
The toddler escaped from their parent in downtown Phoenix, and began running toward the intersection at Lincoln Street and Grant Street, according to CBS affiliate KTVK.
That’s when Arizona Public Service supervisor Kort Meyer “saw the child on the run and immediately tried to intervene, according to a Facebook post shared by the utility company…