CHARLOTTETOWN — A Charlottetown doctor says he didn't hesitate because there was no time to waste when he jumped from a subway platform in Washington, D.C., earlier this week to rescue a disabled man whose wheelchair had toppled onto the tracks.
David Silverberg, a 66-year-old neurologist, says he looked into the tunnel at the end of the platform to make sure a train wasn't approaching before he jumped down, making sure he didn't touch the rails.
Silverberg says the man on the tracks was unconscious and it was a struggle to lift him even though he had no legs.
That's when Silverberg asked for help from a young man in a white T-shirt, who immediately jumped down and grabbed hold of the disabled man, whose face was cut and bleeding.
A security video of the rescue Tuesday shows people on the platform reaching out to pull the injured man to safety and then lending a hand when Silverberg and the man in the T-shirt retrieve his motorized wheelchair.
Silverberg says the injured man regained consciousness on the platform and did not appear to be seriously hurt.
