Monday, February 1, 2016

Day 2- Garrett Morgan


Black History Month - Day 2


Yesterday's Answer:  The Clock


Today's Question


Garrett A. Morgan was born in Kentucky in 1877 and died in 1963.  He "was an inventor and businessman from Cleveland who is best known for inventing a device in 1914."  This device help rescue 32 men trapped in an underground tunnel  that exploded in 1916.  He received requests from fire departments around the country for this device and won several medals for this device. *

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*The information came from - http://inventors.about.com/od/mstartinventors/a/Garrett_Morgan.htm

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