All babies are miracles
But this one really defied the odds.
“A six-month-old baby had a miraculous escape when his pram was struck by a train after rolling on to the tracks.
Security video released of the moment the train struck shows the boy’s mother momentarily letting go of the buggy, which then rolls off the platform and on to the track — just as a train pulls into the station in Melbourne, Australia.
The train pushed the pram about 30 metres along the tracks, dragging the child along under the front carriage, before it was able to stop. A member of the public then jumped on to the tracks and grabbed the little boy.
By the time the paramedics arrived minutes after the incident, the baby was already back in his distraught mother’s arms.”
Who surely experienced terror in slow motion when this all happened. Astonishingly, the boy not only survived, but was released after being checked out at the local hospital.
Human interest stories like this grab the world media’s attention, especially when it has a happy ending.
The heart-stopping incident happened a few days ago in Melbourne, Australia. But the story’s happy ending: the six-month-old baby survived with just a cut on his forehead, although the pram was dragged about 35 metres by the braking train.
“Paramedic Jon Wright said the boy just “needed a feed and a nap”.
“Luckily, he was strapped into his pram at the time, which probably saved his life. I think the child’s extremely lucky,” Wright told the Herald Sun newspaper after the baby was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
To add further irony…
“The accident came one day after the railway firm launched a child safety awareness campaign warning parents to keep infants strapped into their prams at all times while on platforms.” And keep their hands on the baby carriage, too.
We are riveted by stories that involve harm to little children, and we universally rejoice when they come out safe and sound. There’s a very innate pro-life message here.
