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SINGAPORE – In a flash, Mr Mohamed Ferdaus Mohamed Yusoff bolted up a moving escalator in an MRT station to grab hold of a little boy hanging off its side.
The SBS Transit employee hauled him over the handrail, but lost his balance and fell on the steps of the moving escalator, hurting his knee.
He, however, held the boy tight as he hit the emergency stop button.
The six-second rescue drama that saved the boy from a 5m fall took place at Sixth Avenue MRT station on Tuesday (Sept 24) at about 6.40pm.
It was a “scene out of a movie”, said an eyewitness.
On Thursday, Mr Ferdaus, 39, a senior assistant station manager who was still limping from the fall, recounted the incident to The Straits Times.
The boy, who looked to be about five years old, had entered the Downtown Line station with his mother, who was pushing a stroller with another child.
As the mother moved down the platform, the child, lagging behind, began to play with the handrail.
“I heard a loud commotion, turned and saw the boy hanging off the escalator with one arm and one leg dangling,” said Mr Ferdaus.
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