he barely saves a man in a wheelchair who fell on the metro tracks

This Wednesday, August 4, in the Union Square subway station in New York, a man in a wheelchair was rescued in extremis after falling on the metro track.

In the afternoon of Wednesday August 4, a man in wheelchair is unfortunately fell on the subway rails at Union Square station, New York (United States). A fall that could have cost him his life, if another metro user had not rushed to his aid.

The man in the video – posted on the Instagram account SubwayCreatures – has indeed jumped on the path by understanding the urgency of the situation. After clearing the way by getting his wheelchair back onto the platform, he then took it upon himself to put the man to safety, carrying him so that other witnesses to the scene could hoist him away from the rails. An emergency rescue that could quickly have turned into a tragedy, when hardly a few seconds later, the metro entered the station.

Slightly injured, the man in the wheelchair was taken to hospital for treatment. His sauveurhe has still not been identified.

A heroic act that the American CBS journalist Lauren Mennen (CBS), witness to the accident, did not fail to congratulate, reports the Huffington Post. « This man took action. She said. ” He didn’t think twice before hopping on the rails. He’s a hero. »

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