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Man Jumps In Front Of Train While Holding Daughter.

A shocking video shows the moment a five-year-old girl was pulled alive from beneath a train in New York City after her father jumped to his death. He jumped while holding her in his arms.

The girl’s father killed himself Monday morning around 8am when he jumped in front of a No. 4 train in the Bronx, New York. The 45-year-old man Fernando Balbuena-Flores was holding his young daughter during the incident at the Kingsbridge Road station.

The images show good Samaritans helping the girl crawl out of the tracks beneath the train.

Good Samaritans pulling the 5-year-old out.

 

The five-year-old is seen reaching out to one of the men.

Cesar Dominguez  was one of the good Samaritans said he ‘had to jump down’ after he heard the young girl crying for her father.

Child is lifted to safety.

Dominguez is then seen lifting the child to safety as several witness help the girl to the platform and make sure she’s okay. Emergency responders pronounced the man dead at the scene.His daughter survived with minor injuries and was taken to Jacobi Medical Center .

Dominguez also recalled the moment the man jumped. ‘Nobody fell. Nobody pushed him…Never in my life have I seen something like that,’ he told the Post.

Dominguez and the other good Samaritan also suffered injuries.

Authorities said the girl was taken to Jacobi Medical Center with minor injuries.

New York police are currently investigating the incident and no further information was immediately available.

The New York Times reports that the father, 45-year-old , was hit just before 8 a.m., and that he was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses say the man had been heard on his phone saying “I don’t care” and “goodbye” in Spanish prior to jumping. As for the child, she was taken to a nearby medical center after suffering cuts. She is reportedly in stable condition.

At least one person recorded a video of the aftermath, which showed the girl being pulled out from under the subway car by a pair of men.

One of the men in the footage, 32-year-old Antonio Love,was arriving at the station when he heard people screaming.He says that he saw the other guy in the video, identified as Jairo Torres, attempting to help when he got up to the train platform.  According to Love the girl’s father was crushed under the wheels and she was bleeding from her head while crying when he saw her.

Love, who was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital along with Torres, says his injuries aren’t serious, but that he was mainly shocked by the whole event. He also pointed out that he was appalled by the amount of people whose first instinct was to yank out their phones to film instead of, you know, actually trying to help.

“It was just panicking,” Love said. “Like regular New Yorkers, pulling out their phones. Really? Let’s get down there and help.” To add further insult to injury, Love left his bag on the platform and it was stolen.

Source: Daily Mail,Complex

 

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Written by Afia Ohemeng

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