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July 25th

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  1. 1916
    The Rise

    Cleveland Waterworks rescue

    Garrett Morgan and his brother Frank enter a 250-foot tunnel beneath Lake Erie wearing Morgan's Safety Hood after a natural-gas explosion traps workers underground. They bring survivors out alive.

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