sustainable__human In the chaos of flashing lights, twisted metal, and sirens in the night, a quiet moment of humanity unfolded on a Montana street. After a two-vehicle crash shook a family’s world, the Billings Fire Department rushed to the scene. While police sorted reports and parents dealt with the aftermath, a little girl sat on the curb—confused and overwhelmed. That’s when firefighter Ryan Benton did something extraordinary. He didn’t just fight fires—he fought fear. He reached into the fire engine and pulled out a book. Sitting beside the young girl, he began to read aloud, his voice soft and steady against the night. As the story unfolded, her breathing slowed. The trembling stopped. Her eyes locked onto the pages instead of the flashing red and blue lights. In that moment, she wasn’t a witness to a crash. She was simply a child, listening to a story. “This allowed her to calm down,” said a fire department spokesperson, “and gave her parents a moment to breathe after such...