Australian commuters united to free a trapped man
It was gathered that the incident happened in a rush hour when man walking onto the train slipped and one lag became trapped in the gap between the train and the platform. Thanks to the quick
reaction of the commuters and railway staff the man was freed and, luckily, did not suffer any serious injuries.
Thanks to the quick reaction of the commuters and railway staff the man was freed
The video that restores faith in humanity shows dozens of commuters who lined up along the side of the train with their hands on the cars and collectively began to push the 90-tonne train, amazingly lifting it completely off the trapped man in less than 10 minutes.
“It was people power that saved someone from possibly quite serious injury.”
Transperth spokesman David Hynes said: “He stood in the doorway and as he was sort of taking up his position there, one leg slipped outside the door, slipped outside the gap, and he was stuck. We alerted the driver, made sure the train didn’t move.
“Then our staff who were there at the time got the passengers, and there were lots of them, off the train, and organised them to sort of rock, tilt the train backwards away from the platform so they were able to get him out and rescue him. Everyone sort of pitched in. It was people power that saved someone from possibly quite serious injury.“
Watch the video showing a fantastic example of collaboration:
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