‘Right place at the right time’: Arizona utility worker saves toddler from rush-hour traffic

Robert Butler leaped into action to save child who was running into busy intersection in downtown Phoenix

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An Arizona electric utility worker is said to have issued “a powerful reminder of what it means to look out for one another” when, while on duty, he stopped a toddler from running into heavy car traffic after bolting away from a parent.

Robert Butler’s timely intervention was captured recently in a hair-raising video recorded by a surveillance camera in downtown Phoenix and released recently by his employer, Arizona Public Service (APS).