Man rescues child from railway track, saves from oncoming train; heart-stopping video goes viral
A heart-stopping footage has recently re-surfaced it has been seen that a child was almost hit by a speeding train but was rescued by a man who came running on the tracks.
Posted by user Humans Are Metal to Twitter on March 19, 2023, the video has so far earned 3.9 Million views, 13.7 k retweets, 552 Quote tweets, 110.5k likes and 895 Bookmarks. The user captioned video as “Saving blind mother child, who fall on railway track by a brave railway employee.”
Saving blind mother child, who fall on railway track by a brave railway employee pic.twitter.com/LNZrD95p4X
— Humans Are Metal (@HumanAreMetal) March 19, 2023
Video shows the boy leading his mother along the edge of the platform when he goes a step too far, losing his balance and falling onto the tracks below. The boy struggles to get up as a train rounds the bend in the background. His mother can be seen calling for him, unaware of where he is.
The child gets to his feet and tries to climb up onto the platform, but he is too small. Fortunately, railway employee Mayur Shelkhe saw the boy go down and immediately rushed in to help.
In the video, Shelkhe dashes toward the boy and the oncoming train, then heaves the child onto the platform before scrambling up himself.
Several other bystanders rush to attend to the pair after their close call.
After seeing the video many people questioned why the mother did not try to save her child. It has been known that the lady is blind and thus could not see what happened. Besides, it has also been known that the man who saved the child is a Railway employee.
It has also been reported that the incident took place at a Railway station in Maharashtra. A few people have claimed that this is an old video which has recently re-surfaced.
Politicians, celebrities and retail brands rushed to congratulate Sheklhe and offer him rewards on social media.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal also applauded Shelkhe for his courage.
A user commented, “He is more brave than the video shows, for a moment he thought won’t reach the boy and slowed down and was about to move away. But he fought his survival instinct and decided to keep on running towards the boy. He is super brave, he knew he might fail and it will be fatal,” while another wrote, “God is with him.”
Another user commented, “हर रूप में भगवान बचाने के लिये भेज देते हैं किसी को। इंसानियत अभी जिंदा है।“
And yet another user admired writing, “Wow this is the closest railway saving I have seen in india…hatsoff to that brave man.”
And a user commented, “Every time I watch this makes heart beat faster”
Another man depicted, “Narayan kisi bhi roop mein aa sakte hain. Bebasi ka tod Narayan hi hain.”
“A huge round of applause to the railway employee who put his life at risk to save others. Hope he is rewarded,” hoped another lady user.
“Oh my God. That’s just in time and a brave effort,” praised another user while another user wrote, “I thank the working employees of Indian Railways from the bottom of my heart for this noble work.”
