This man should get a medal or recognition of some kind. Taken from cp24.com
Superhero
Kaur-Hayer Harbajan and Petiu George Ciorau used to be total strangers. But now they share a special bond forged during a near death experience.
On Monday morning, Harbajan tripped and fell off the Yonge and Bloor subway platform. And thatâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s when 22-year-old Ciorau knew he had only a matter of seconds to help her. So he jumped onto the tracks, hoping to push the elderly woman out of the path of the oncoming train.
But shock and fear made her immobile, so Ciorau was forced to carry her over the high-voltage third rail. And both of them could have been killed if theyâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]d brushed up against it.
Then, he pinned the woman against the outer wall and stared death in the face as the oncoming train slid to a stop less than two metres away from him. The near-miss shook the train operator up so badly that he had to go home.
Harbajan, a newcomer to Canada, wasnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t sent to hospital and was taken home by her sister. It was the first time she'd been in a T.T.C. subway station.
Toronto firefighters who landed on the scene after the incident praised Ciorau's heroics, saying he should be named citizen of the year.
September 16, 2003
Superhero
Kaur-Hayer Harbajan and Petiu George Ciorau used to be total strangers. But now they share a special bond forged during a near death experience.
On Monday morning, Harbajan tripped and fell off the Yonge and Bloor subway platform. And thatâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s when 22-year-old Ciorau knew he had only a matter of seconds to help her. So he jumped onto the tracks, hoping to push the elderly woman out of the path of the oncoming train.
But shock and fear made her immobile, so Ciorau was forced to carry her over the high-voltage third rail. And both of them could have been killed if theyâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]d brushed up against it.
Then, he pinned the woman against the outer wall and stared death in the face as the oncoming train slid to a stop less than two metres away from him. The near-miss shook the train operator up so badly that he had to go home.
Harbajan, a newcomer to Canada, wasnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t sent to hospital and was taken home by her sister. It was the first time she'd been in a T.T.C. subway station.
Toronto firefighters who landed on the scene after the incident praised Ciorau's heroics, saying he should be named citizen of the year.
September 16, 2003