American sailors rescue man who fell on train tracks
Petty Officers 1st Class Henry Caballero, left, and James Brice rescued a Japanese man who fell onto the train tracks at Shinagawa station in Tokyo:
“He walked off the platform like he saw an invisible step,” said Brice, of Rogersville, Tenn. “He hit the rails and it sounded like something was broken.”
Caballero checked for the next train, then jumped to the tracks and hoisted the man up by his armpits.
He thought about getting the man to the platform, but wasn’t sure if it was possible. He then thought about getting the unconscious man through an underneath passage and to the other end of the tracks.
Meanwhile, Brice had joined Caballero on the tracks.
“Jumping down to the track, I didn’t think about it,” Brice said. “When I saw my friend drop, it was an instant reaction to follow. Once I got down there I saw Caballero, and my first thought was, ‘Where’s the train at?’ ”
The Shinagawa station is one of the busiest in Japan, so they knew it wouldn’t be long.
Caballero saw lights in the distance, somewhere between 500 and 800 yards away, moving toward him.
Hands from the crowd began stretching over the platform and the two sailors passed the unconscious man to them. The crowd then helped Caballero and Brice up.
More details at Stars & Stripes.
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Well this is a nice change from all the other stories we hear about US military personnel in Japan.
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This upsets me incredibly. If things had happened just 10 seconds later, three lives could have been lost because no one would press the goddamn red button. There platform was full of morons that day, minus those two brave men.
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DITTO! Nice to hear something positive. Great job!
Happy holidays!
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Has anyone seen this story in other news sources? I wonder why it only seems to appear in “Stars&Stripes” while featuring a photo of the naval ship in the background.
“The guy said it was pretty amazing, that you guys are Americans and you’re helping a Japanese guy,” Brice said. “But we don’t really think about it that way. We see a guy in distress and we help them out.”
Naruhodo.
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Nice it didn’t turn out like Gantz. Icky. o_O
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that’s exactly what first popped into my mind
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Hell yeah! Good job guys.
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Interesting – I guess the numerous onlookers didn’t want to “get involved”, and at least one Japanese person on the scene seemed genuinely perplexed that some foreigners would just walk right up, uninvited, and help a random Japanese person in mortal danger. Wow!…Amazing! Granted its just a low-key article in an military newsletter – but the details as described seem plausible.
I am curious if such a positive article about US service men gets any play at all in the J-media. Has anyone seen?
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“I am curious if such a positive article about US service men gets any play at all in the J-media. Has anyone seen?”
Most likely, it will be reported when they get a letter of appreciation from the rail company just like the situation with Officer Phillip Simmons of Kitty Hawk this May (Incident took place May 7, 2008, reported in May 19 when he received the letter of appreciation from Keihin Kyuko) or former NPB pitcher Mitsunori Kakehata this December (incident took place December 15, 2008, reported December 26, 2008 when he received a letter of appreciation from JR East)
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Good work!
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