In the summer of 1967, a routine workday on a quiet Jacksonville street became one of the most unforgettable moments in photojournalism. Captured by photographer Rocco Morabito, the image later known as “The Kiss of Life” shows a utility worker suspended unconscious on a power pole while his coworker risks his own life to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, electricity still coursing through nearby lines. Morabito hadn’t set out to make history—he was heading to an ordinary assignment—but the photograph he took froze a split second of courage, danger, and humanity that words could never fully explain. Decades later, it remains a powerful reminder of instinctive heroism and the thin line between life and death.
