Father’s efforts to save child from moving train sets new example of paternal love

A father risked his life to save his one-year-old son after the child fell into the gap between a moving train and the platform at Bhairab Railway Station.

Remarkably, both father and son survived unharmed even after eight train coaches passed over them.

The incident took place around 3:30pm on Tuesday on the Dhaka-bound Titas commuter train at Bhairab Railway Station.

The family, who had traveled from Brahmanbaria to Bhairab, reportedly failed to get off during the train’s scheduled stop. Witnesses and railway sources said the train arrived at the station about one and a half hours late. As the train began moving again, the father hurriedly attempted to disembark while carrying his child.

During the attempt, the child slipped from his hands and fell into the narrow gap between the train and the platform.

Without hesitation, the father jumped down to rescue his son. He immediately embraced the child and lay flat against the platform wall beneath the platform edge. Eight coaches of the moving train passed over them, but both escaped without injury.

Meanwhile, local people helped the child’s mother safely get off the train.

Falu Mia, a counterman of the Titas commuter train, said the child fell while the family was trying to get off the moving train carelessly. He added that the father jumped down instantly, held the child tightly, and pressed himself against the wall beside the tracks, allowing them to survive as the train passed overhead.

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Officer-in-Charge of Bhairab Railway Police Station Sayed Ahmed confirmed the incident and said it was nothing short of divine mercy that the father and son survived unharmed after eight coaches passed over them.

He also urged passengers to remain extremely cautious and never attempt to board or disembark from moving trains.