After an 18-year-old got caught under the tire of the rear axle of a Berlin commuter bus, a swarm of bystanders jumped into action.
It started with the bus driver who quickly noticed the young man and stopped, after that it was down to around 40 passengers and passersby who all lined up alongside the vehicle and began to push.
“There was chaos,” Frank Kurze, one of the volunteer rescuers told German news channel n-tv. “I saw the men trying to lift the bus, and it was clear to me that I also had to help lift the bus and try pull the young man from underneath.”
Before long the manpower prevailed and the victim was hauled out to a trio of waiting physicians—two nurses and a surgeon, who administered first aid on what the Berlin police department described as an injury to the pinned arm.
“He was responsive but very perplexed and didn’t know what was happening,” said Sandra Grunwald, one of the nurses, who along with two colleagues saw what was happening from their office window, and all together ran out to help. “I think it’s nice that one can still more or less have trust in society,” she added.
N-tv further reported that the man was taken to the hospital and underwent surgery on his arm.
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The Berlin police said they were impressed by the quick, collective actions of the Berliners, who they described as “heroes”.
“Thank you, Spandau, thank you, Berlin,” the police department wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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In Berlin wird ein 18-Jähriger eingeklemmt und 40 Menschen heben den Bus an. Mit ihrer Hilfe wurde die rechte Seite des Busses der Linie 135 der Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) angehoben. Der Jugendliche konnte so geborgen werden.… pic.twitter.com/fs2xEGgt8X
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