Alert TTE saves two-year-old fallen on track near platform

Surat: Had he not shown exemplary presence of mind, this would have been Surat railway station’s worst-ever tragedy. However, thankfully, the alertness and alacrity shown by ticket examiner (TTE) KS Solanki, helped a two-year-old get a second chance at life, literally.
Unmindful of their trailing toddler daughter, a young couple who alighted from the Mumbai Central-Jaipur special train, started walking on the platform No. 1 on Wednesday.
According to an official communique by the chief public relations officer (CPRO) of Western Railway, the couple identified as Mohammed only, travelling from Vapi to Surat in the second class coach, failed to notice that their two-year-old daughter, trying to keep pace with the parents, accidentally fell on the railway tracks near S-5 coach on the platform.
As luck would have it, TTE Solanki was manning the coaches of the train that was about to leave the platform. He suddenly saw the girl fall at the same time when the train got a green signal to leave. Solanki didn’t pause to think but jumped to the first cabin near him of S-4 coach and immediately pulled the alarm chain. This stopped the train from moving ahead and he quickly returned to the S-5 coach where the child had fallen.
With the help of other passengers, Solanki rescued the child and brought her out to safety over the platform.
CPRO, WR, Sumit Thakur said, “The TTE’s alertness and presence of mind saved the life of the little girl. While the parents were highly grateful at the exemplary service, WR employees have always gone beyond their call of duty to help passengers.”