Just an ordinary, everyday commuter to Perth, Australia, Andy was getting into the train at Stirling station at around 8:50 a.m. At the door, he miss-stepped and his left leg slipped between the train and the platform where it became wedged. Immediately, the staff of Transperth, the company operating the train, went into action by first stopping any possibility of the train moving while rescue work was under way. The next step was to request passengers who had rushed up and were gathering around Andy, to climb onto the other carriage’s other side to sway the weight away and loosen the grip on Andy’s thigh that was stuck between the train’s door and the platform. But that attempt proved futile. So they changed their approach. As a spokesman David Hynes said later, “When that didn’t work, train staff got people off and gathered together enough of them to line up, 50 or so, and say, ‘One, two, three, push.’” He added that the man was boarding at the tail end of peak hour, but the train was still fairly busy. "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," Hynes said. "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." And that worked! Once the gap widened, Andy was helped to get up by a couple of his co-passengers. Meanwhile, an ambulance had been called but remained unused. There was no need to take Andy to the hospital since he did not appear to be seriously hurt. This was found after paramedics attended to him. A witness reported that Andy only appeared to have been shocked. But, relieved, Andy caught a later train to Perth.
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