President for One Hour

"President for One Hour" puts fifteen-year-old Tom Martin at the centre of a Christmas Eve crisis on the railway. When a runaway engine barrels down a fog-covered grade toward a packed holiday passenger train, Tom is the only person in the telegraph office with the skill — and nerve — to act. Impersonating the railroad president, he reroutes trains by wire, then does the unthinkable: he boards the speeding engine alone. The story builds genuine suspense around a boy balancing duty, danger, and quiet devotion to his widowed mother.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-short-stories--6577582/support.