This made my day: Fellow commuters surge forward to help when woman's wheelchair gets stuck in MRT platform gap

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A woman’s wheelchair got stuck in the platform gap at Botanic Gardens MRT station earlier this week, as commuters rushed to her aid and pulled her to safety. The incident occurred on Jan 2 at around 4.40pm, when the front wheels of the device got caught in the narrow gap between platform and train. As the wheelchair tilted downwards, the...

A woman’s wheelchair got stuck in the platform gap at Botanic Gardens MRT station earlier this week, as commuters rushed to her aid and pulled her to safety.

As the wheelchair tilted downwards, the woman held onto a passenger behind her to keep from falling off her seat. Another commuter then activated the train’s passenger emergency button. Speaking to Mothership, Mr Ng Chan Cheok, head of SMRT circle line, said it was only after the wheelchair user said she was alright that the train service resumed.

 

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