Om taiat in jumatate de tren suna la salvare si le explica situatia EN

Pentru ca sunt intr-o graba dar am gasit o stire prea interesanta pentru a o trece cu vederea, o voi pune direct in varianta originala, in limba engleza, gasita pe Mysterytopia. Pe mine m-a blocat. Omul e un adevarat erou.

"A MAN calmly called an ambulance on his mobile phone moments after being sliced in half by a train. The wheels cut off Truman Duncan's right leg at the thigh along with his left leg, pelvis and kidney. But he survived.

And the railway worker told an astonished emergency services operator: "I think I'm cut in two."

When she asked if someone was run over, he said: "It was me. Hurry up, ma'am, because I think I'm going to pass out."

Truman, 38, stayed conscious for 45 minutes waiting for help after tumbling from a moving train in sidings in his home town of Cleburne, Texas.

This week, he said one thought kept him alive.

The father-of-three said: "I wanted to see my babies grow up."

He even made a heart-wrenching call to his family while blood pumped from his wounds.

Eldest son Trey, 19, said: "I told him I loved him with all my heart and he was the best dad I could wish for."

Truman's injuries were so horrific, few who saw him before he had surgery in a Fort Worth hospital thought he had any chance of survival.

Dr David Smith said: "I thought I'd be pronouncing somebody dead."

He said the train's weight could have kept pressure in Truman's arteries.

Truman said his Red Cross training helped, as he knew he was going into shock.

But he never thought he was going to die.

Surgeons spent three-and-a-half hours saving Truman's life and cleaning dirt, grass and gravel from his wounds.

He was in a coma for three weeks and had at least 23 further operations.

Two years on, he insists he still does everything he used to do, including driving, swimming and playing with his kids.

And he's looking forward to learning to get around with prosthetic limbs.

Truman had not spoken of his trauma until he was on US TV yesterday.

He said he spoke out to inspire others, including injured soldiers.

He said: "Life is good - goes on, you know."