Dylan knew that the boiler was about to blow apart, and if he didn't act fast, he and the others in the pump room at the number three mine would all die.
In his haste to escape a scalding death, the engine operator panicked and fell. Dylan lifted his heavy shovel as high as his 12-year-old arms could manage and swung at the thundering machine. It could've killed him, but he had to try. As the shovel's steel head slammed into the machine, it set in motion a series of events that would shape his entire life.