Steelworks - A Short Story for the weekly writing contest ZapFic50Monday - Prompt: "Platform"

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This post is an entry to the ZapFic50Monday "Laser"!

The ZapFic50Monday is a literary initiative from the Freewriters Community in which writers have to create a story, using the prompt provided, with exactly 50 words: no more, no less!

Steelworks

In the heart of the steelworks, an apprentice welder slipped off a platform.
Time seemed to slow as his fellow union colleagues lunged forward, arms outstretched. With unwavering determination, they caught him just inches from death.
Their lightning reflexes and collective strength turned a potential catastrophe into display of heroism.

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