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Race with time: Emergency crews work to retrieve the leg and arms severed from 13-year-old Eddie Whitall of Port Credit yesterday when he fell under the wheels of a slow-moving CN freight train
Race with time: Emergency crews work to retrieve the leg and arms severed from 13-year-old Eddie Whitall of Port Credit yesterday when he fell under the wheels of a slow-moving CN freight train

Race with time: Emergency crews work to retrieve the leg and arms severed from 13-year-old Eddie Whitall of Port Credit yesterday when he fell under the wheels of a slow-moving CN freight train

Date4/20/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Race with time: Emergency crews work to retrieve the leg and arms severed from 13-year-old Eddie Whitall of Port Credit yesterday when he fell under the wheels of a slow-moving CN freight train.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0088914F
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