The Perth man whose blunder while boarding a train prompted commuters to push the train off of him says he wasn’t aware such a big amount of folks had aided within the rescue.
The man, named Andy, was boarding a train at Stirling (near Perth, Western Australia) yesterday morning when he accidentally stepped awkwardly from the platform. His left leg lost the train and fell down the platform, right down past his knee, up to his thigh.
Andy said he had simply got held within the rush somehow getting distracted while getting on the train, stepped through the gap rather than on to the train. He did not panic, as he knew nearby station workers would raise the train driver to prevent any serious injury from escalating.
After tries to tug him out failing, train workers requested passengers move to the opposite facet of the carriage to unleash him. Failing that, transit officers thought to tilt the train using Australian People Power.
All the passengers lined up on the platform and canted the train just way enough for Andy to be forced out of the gap, he was treated by paramedics, and whereas he mentioned it had been great to be out of there, he didn’t realise the extent of his rescue.
He has thanked the passengers and train staff and ironically still made his train on time.