Dozens of Japanese commuters pushed a 32-tonne train carriage away from the platform to free a woman who had fallen into the 20cm (8in) gap between it and the platform.
The act of collective heroism was captured by a newspaper photographer.
A public announcement that a passenger was trapped prompted about 40 people to join train officials to push the carriage, whose suspension system allows it to lean to either side, the Yomiuri newspaper reported.
The unnamed woman in her 30s was then pulled out uninjured to applause from onlookers at JR Minami-Urawa station, just north of Tokyo.
After just an eight-minute delay, the train went on its way.
Source: Guardian.co.uk
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If this had happened in the UK the train would still be there and an enquiry costing tax payers millions would now be in progress. Also Heath and Safety execs and the hi viz brigade would have stopped this from happening leaving the woman between the trains. Thank goodness this planet, county and some people still have comment sense. I how this woman makes a full recovery from her ordeal thanks to the quick thinking of the staff of the station and the public. She is really lucky not only to escape but because she lives in Japan and not the UK.
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Your comments made me smile 🙂 Keeping it real! !! 🙂 Thank you!
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Des héros modernes ! ❤
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Agreed! 🙂
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