And Today He Died
By jaishankar
@Shivram59 (31790)
India
February 4, 2018 6:37am CST
I saw him for the first time only a few days back.He was a painter hired to paint the doors of a temple just behind our house.A good looking boy in his late twenties.After giving final touch of his brush to a door he looked at me smilingly and asked," It looks great,doesn't it?"
Smiling back to him I said,"Yes,it looks very beautiful.You have done a great job."And I left.
And today morning he died.While alighting from a slowly moving train at
the railway platform he could not maintain balance and fell on the tracks and was run over by the train.
I lack words to tell you how shocking it all is for me.We were
not friends.I had seen and talked to him only once.Still I am feeling like I have suddenly lost a close friend.
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5 responses
@Shivram59 (31790)
• India
4 Feb 18
@sjvg1976 No,as I'm told he was alighting from the train without waiting for the train to stop.He placed his right foot on the plateform,but got imbalanced and before the co-passengers could realise what was going to happen and do something,he fell on the tracks with his head under the wheels.
@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
14 Feb 18
That is shocking indeed! Sorry to hear. How did he managed to lose his footing? isn't that all strange?
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
14 Feb 18
@Shivram59 That sounds like safety measures are not in place (the train hardly stopping properly). Such a dangerous thing to do.
Do you think that the authorities will change that policy now? And open the doors only when the train had comme fully to a stop?
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
16 Feb 18
@Shivram59 Oh oh, some mistakes we do not recover from. No second chances! Sad affair though. So young too.
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@Shivram59 (31790)
• India
14 Feb 18
@Gita17112016 As his co-travellers told us,he was dozing when the train was about to enter platform.The train halts hardly for a minute at our railway station.I guess he was in a hangover while alighting and could not put his foot firmly on the platform.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
13 Feb 18
@Shivram59 Whatever it is the bad thing happened. May be destiny plays a role. RIP to him.
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@Shivram59 (31790)
• India
13 Feb 18
@Sreekala You are right.What happened has happened and can't be reversed.It all was so shocking.
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@Shivram59 (31790)
• India
13 Feb 18
@Sreekala An eyewitness told me he alighted from the train't when it had almost left the platform behind.Fatal carelessness.
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@Shivram59 (31790)
• India
5 Feb 18
@jaboUK It all was very very shocking.Very very sad.
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@just4him (306386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Feb 18
@Shivram59 I'm certain it will.
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@Shivram59 (31790)
• India
6 Feb 18
@just4him It's will take them years to recover from the shock.
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@Shivram59 (31790)
• India
10 Feb 18
@just4him I'm told he has left behind his wife and two children.
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