'It was a normal Thursday coming out of the yard,' Kennedy said, until he saw something drop from the corner of his eye and decided to slow the train down to get a better visual.
MTA locomotive engineer William Kennedy and assistant conductor Marcus Higgins who helped save the child, joined Good Day NY on Wednesday. Kennedy said had they been there a minute earlier or a minute later, it would have been a different outcome.NEW YORKsaved the life of an autistic child who had wandered onto the tracks earlier this monthMTA locomotive engineer William Kennedy and assistant conductor Marcus Higgins who helped save the child joined Good Day NY on Wednesday.
When asked what would have happened to the child if he touched the third rail, Kennedy said that the child "would have been hurt really bad." As Kennedy was approaching the rail yard he said he saw something fall from the sky. "I didn't know if it was an animal or a very small thing," he said.called for an emergency and shut off the third track
Higgins slowed his train down until he could see the child. "We're like oh my God…we're like, we need to rectify this," he said. Higgins described the moment of relief, "we got him over to the side and he kind of had a smile on his face."Train conductors saves autistic child from Metro-North train tracks
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