A modest tile mosaic on Calle del Salitre 34 in Madrid honors one of the Spanish city’s unsung heroes. Baltasar Bachero was a Madrid coachman who worked at Atocha station and lived in Lavapiés. In March 1929, he became a hero when he pounced on a runaway mule pulling a carriage down the steep Salitre street. To stop the animal from trampling a group of children playing in the street, he grabbe the reins but was thrown to the ground and run over by the carriage. He suffered serious injuries,…
