The New York Yankees honored six Metro-North Railroad employees who saved a toddler while on duty last month before the team’s Monday game against the Cleveland Guardians.
The Bronx Bombers recognized the six during a pre-game batting practice and ceremony before the first pitch of Monday night’s match up.
“It has been so great to see the reception of these heroic employees,” Catherine Rinaldi, Metro-North Railroad president and LIRR interim president, said in a statement. “We cannot thank the New York Yankees enough for providing a once-in-a-lifetime experience to the Metro-North family.”
Tonight, the Yankees recognized local heroes from @MTA who saved a young child’s life on the northbound train tracks near Tarrytown, NY on April 6.
Thank you for your heroic acts! 💙 pic.twitter.com/Bf9RVLnoNS
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 1, 2023
On the afternoon of April 6, Metro-North employees aboard a Hudson Line train just north of Tarrytown in Westchester County spotted a young child on the northbound tracks. Video surveillance released by the MTA on April 24 chronicles the communication between employees who sprung into action.
Locomotive Engineer William Kennedy, who was operating a southbound train, sent out emergency radio communication to nearby train crews after he saw the child on the other side of the tracks. A northbound train headed by Locomotive Engineer Shawn Loughran proceeded at a slow rate of speed and then stopped when he and an engineer trainee could see the child — who had walked across the northbound tracks and was approaching the electrified third rail — in the distance. Assistant Conductor Marcus Higgins jumped out of the stopped train and ran toward the three year old boy.
According to the video surveillance, employees in the halted northbound train exclaimed in fear while they watched the child approach and climb onto the third rail while Higgins was still running.
“ … No, no, no, don’t do that, don’t…
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