Columbia Pipeline Worker Risks His Life to Save a Stranger in WV

Countless times we've seen the oil and gas industry demonized by people who hold to strange philosophies--like oil and gas are fossil fuels and fossil fuels threaten the climate of Mother Earth and the use of said fossil fuels must be ended. It's a cockamamie and frankly false philosophy--but it motivates many to demonize not only the industry, but those who work in it (or support it). Sometimes it helps to put a face on people who work in the industry. Like Michael Marques, who works for Columbia Pipeline Group--a major pipeline company headquartered in Houston, TX but with a major presence in the Appalachian (Marcellus/Utica) region. Marques was on his way to a service call in Kanawha County, WV when he noticed a local resident caught in the Pocatalico River during a flash flood. Without hesitating, Marques jumped in, risking his own life, to save the life of a man he didn't know. That's the kind of salt-of-the-earth people who work in the oil and gas industry. Here's the story of Michael Marques--a hero--and his action to save local resident Bobby Lawson...

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