Mind the gap: Commuters push train to save trapped man in Perth

Commuters push train to save trapped man in Perth.

Commuters in Australia teamed up to help free a man whose leg was trapped between a train and a platform, by lining up alongside the carriage and pushing the train. The man became stuck after he slipped and one leg became wedged in the gap, as he attempted to board a Stirling to Perth train on Wednesday morning. In dramatic CCTV footage, commuters can be seen rushing to the man's assistance and tipping the whole carriage in a bid to free the trapped commuter. Passengers were originally asked to move to one side of the carriage in order to transfer the weight of the train away from the man. Sadly that plan failed so passengers exited the train, lined up alongside the carriage and started pushing. An ambulance was called to the station but the man did not sustain any serious injuries. Report by Claire Lomas.

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[OnDemandNews]

How's that for a bit of community spirit?

[vannehanisch-godoy]

I liked how they all worked as a team.

[MrKakkoo]

Everyone came together as a community- Power of the people.

[kacung]

"Look after your mates and your mates will always look after you"
-Mate

[ChinnyChan]

My grandmother told me that when she was on a trip to Australia in Perth. At that time, She were shooting a video camera taking a scenic landscape. When she is finished recording the scenery. She just saw that all the cars stopped for my grandmother to finish filming the video. Until my grandmother raised her hand to pay homage to thank. The people there are the cutest.

[LiverpoolfcEPL]

I asked a train engineer how many times his train had derailed.

He said, “I’m not sure, it’s hard to keep track.”

[valken]

Luckily the train didn't take off, that would have been a disaster.

[TOXICDGP]

This is called true humanity. God bless all of them who do this kind of work so that one day whole world will help eachother.

[AAvfx]

I don't see that happening anywhere else in the world! Such a team effort, dedication to a fellow human. Amazing! 😲

[kingdomdom]

Sometimes I cover myself in petroleum jelly and pretend I'm a slug.

[RingLordSonic]

I was one of those passengers that pushed that transperth train at Stirling station, north of Perth.

[badreprint]

It's the little things like this. Things that don't matter for everyone, but they do for everyone that was there. They all worked together to save one person, for one moment, from something that wasn't even too dangerous after they stopped the train. But they all saved him because it was the right thing to do.

It's the little things like this that save us more and more each day.

[amoykeishing]

Just imagine not a single human cared to flim this everyone was like nahhh lets just be present in the moment. Thank you CCTV 😂

[PrinceK]

Thank you humans for not recording this incident on your phone and instead helping him! :)

[noahvasquez]

You can say his foot went down under.

[moto-oe]

I think this is so dope, love to see things like this

[UCATTFooty]

Was actually there when it happened, horrifying experience but so relieved in the end!

[divadogs]

Peoples natural instinct is still to help no matter what the propagandist ms media and films portray. The majority of people, 95% are good

[mbshaker]

Aussies rule! Great job! This video restores my faith in humanity.
Cheers from Germany

[NathalieSnip]

So many reasons to move to Australia. Kisses from The Netherland.