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Watch as a group of strangers lift a train off a trapped man

These quick thinking passengers joined together with staff to tip over an entire train carriage after a man slipped and his one leg became wedged in the gap between the platform and train, according to Huffington Post.

At first the passengers inside the train were asked to move to one side of the carriage in the hopes that the transference of weight would be enough to free the trapped man.

Unfortunately, that plan didn’t work.

But all hope wasn’t lost as all the passengers then hopped off the train, lined up alongside the carriage and pushed it far enough for the man to free himself.

Amazingly, the man was walking freely after his escape and didn’t need any medical assistance. Thank goodness a fellow passenger saw him as he fell between the train and platform, and then alerted the staff who stopped the train from driving off.

Watch the video of the amazing feat below


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