A Kentucky prisoner who pulled people from the rubble of a collapsed candle factory in December was honored by a local sheriff last week for going "above and beyond" to help people.
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- A Kentucky prisoner who pulled people from the rubble of a collapsed candle factory in December was honored by a local sheriff last week.
- Marco Sanchez, a prisoner who worked at the Mayfield, Kentucky, candle factory, was injured in the collapse.
- He then returned to help others, the Graves County Sheriff’s Office says.
- Sanchez was one of seven prisoners working at the candle factory as part of a work-release program for low-security low-level offenders.
- The factory collapsed in December, killing eight people and burying dozens of others under rubble and debris, the sheriff says.
- The Mayfield candle factory was among the most devastated sites in an outbreak of at least 30 tornadoes across six states.