Source: Japantoday.com
"MIYAGI — Four students from Tsukinoki Elementary school in Shibata, Miyagi Prefecture, saved a woman from being run over by a train on the JR Tohoku Line after she accidentally fell on the tracks last Saturday, JR East officials confirmed Thursday. The group swiftly and calmly rescued the woman, who escaped uninjured.
According to the Sendai branch of JR East Japan, the incident happened at around 3 p.m. The four students—three girls and a boy—had just gone over a railroad crossing when a woman in her 50s, following behind them on a bicycle, fell off it and onto the tracks. The woman was pinned under her bicycle, losing a shoe and the items she was carrying in the tumble. Just after, the alarm signaling a train sounded and the railway crossing gates came down, stranding the woman on the tracks.
The students raced back and lifted the woman and her belongings off the tracks before the oncoming freight train arrived. One student pushed the emergency button near the crossing, relaying the situation to the train conductor.
JR Sendai praised the students, saying “Thanks to their swift action, a devastating accident has been prevented.” Kiyokazu Saiyo, station master of Sendai Station, visited Tsukinoki Elementary school Thursday and presented the students with a letter of appreciation.
School Vice Principal Takashi Otsu said: “Even though the train had come into view, they didn’t panic at all and handled the situation maturely.” He added that the school was also considering awarding the students for their good deed."
"MIYAGI — Four students from Tsukinoki Elementary school in Shibata, Miyagi Prefecture, saved a woman from being run over by a train on the JR Tohoku Line after she accidentally fell on the tracks last Saturday, JR East officials confirmed Thursday. The group swiftly and calmly rescued the woman, who escaped uninjured.
According to the Sendai branch of JR East Japan, the incident happened at around 3 p.m. The four students—three girls and a boy—had just gone over a railroad crossing when a woman in her 50s, following behind them on a bicycle, fell off it and onto the tracks. The woman was pinned under her bicycle, losing a shoe and the items she was carrying in the tumble. Just after, the alarm signaling a train sounded and the railway crossing gates came down, stranding the woman on the tracks.
The students raced back and lifted the woman and her belongings off the tracks before the oncoming freight train arrived. One student pushed the emergency button near the crossing, relaying the situation to the train conductor.
JR Sendai praised the students, saying “Thanks to their swift action, a devastating accident has been prevented.” Kiyokazu Saiyo, station master of Sendai Station, visited Tsukinoki Elementary school Thursday and presented the students with a letter of appreciation.
School Vice Principal Takashi Otsu said: “Even though the train had come into view, they didn’t panic at all and handled the situation maturely.” He added that the school was also considering awarding the students for their good deed."
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