--- title: Perth Australia: Commuters Push Train Off Man Trapped in Gap description: Commuters tilt train to rescue man who got his leg stuck in the gap between the train and the platform. canonical: https://time.com/3086152/commuters-rescue-man-stuck-in-australia-train-gap/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-06T14:29:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:13.083Z og:title: Watch Commuters Tilt a Train to Rescue a Man Who Got Stuck in the Gap og:description: His leg was wedged in the gap between the train and the platform og:url: https://time.com/3086152/commuters-rescue-man-stuck-in-australia-train-gap/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59eb5c49b7d3acaf/69869e8ad0b6f27fdb30595f/hkg10086760.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3687 og:image:height: 2074 og:image:alt: AUSTRALIA-TRAIN-TRANSPORT-OFFBEAT og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Commuters Tilt a Train to Rescue a Man Who Got Stuck in the Gap twitter:description: His leg was wedged in the gap between the train and the platform twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59eb5c49b7d3acaf/69869e8ad0b6f27fdb30595f/hkg10086760.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Commuters Tilt Train to Rescue Man Who Got Stuck in the Gap > Sponsored content. 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A frame grab from a video released on August 6, 2014 from the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia shows commuters pushing a train to free a passenger's leg trapped between the train and the gap in Perth.Public Transport Authority of Western Australia / AFP / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 6, 2014 2:29 PM UTC A typical Wednesday morning commute in Perth, Australia, took a frightening turn when a man slipped and became wedged between a train and the platform. Workers spent about ten minutes trying to free him, but his leg was stuck and just wouldn’t budge, ABC News [reports](http://abcnews.go.com/International/watch-passenger-stuck-boarding-train/story?id=24860420). Naturally, crowds began to gather to watch the spectacle — and soon, those rubberneckers joined with passengers to push against the train. More than 50 people worked together to rock and tilt the train until the man was able to free his leg and board the train. A few minutes later, the train was on its way, and everything went back to normal. According to ABC News, the man did not appear to suffer from any serious injuries. 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