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Mumbai: Ticket checker and GRP officials save visually impaired passenger at Ghatkopar

Updated on: 28 October,2024 08:53 AM IST  |  Mumbai
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As they move across the tracks, they see an oncoming train and frantically wave at the loco pilot to stop

Mumbai: Ticket checker and GRP officials save visually impaired passenger at Ghatkopar

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1. A group of visually impaired people wait at Ghatkopar station platform No. 2 for the train to arrive. They were in the suburb for a Diwali function and were on their way home. This woman (circled) was standing close to the platform edge.

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2. As the train rolls into the station, the crowd rushes forward, causing the woman to slip into the space between the platform and the train. A TC immediately rushes to tell the loco pilot to stop, while GRP officials jump onto the tracks to rescue the woman



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3. As the officials as well as some passengers attempt to help the woman, they are relieved to see that she is unhurt

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4. Officials gently guide the shaken woman to the opposite platform

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5. As they move across the tracks, they see an oncoming train and frantically wave at the loco pilot to stop

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6. (From left) The saviours, GRP Constable Pramod Kadam; TTE Mumbai CR Dhananjay Yadav; the visually impaired passenger Maya Rao; RPF Constable Sanjay Saini; TTE CR Suraj Halde and other officials at Ghatkopar station following the dramatic rescue

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