An altercation broke out at a stop for the L train in Chicago, and one of the participants dove across the tracks to help another individual who had accidentally fallen onto an electrified rail.
Anthony Perry, 20, was taken by surprise on Wednesday when he was presented with a 2009 Audi A8 by Early Walker, the founder of the anti-violence organization I’m Telling Don’t Shoot.
” We wanted to present you a physical token of our gratitude for the assistance you provided, so we came up with this idea. It’s high time we had more people like Anthony in the world, “added Walker as he handed Perry a $25 gift card for the petrol station.
According to Perry, he anticipates that the car will make his life “a lot easier.” It takes him two buses and a train to get from Park Manor, which is located on the South Side of Chicago, to Oak Lawn, which is a community in the suburbs and where he works for Amazon Fresh.
On Monday, when he exited the Red Line of the Chicago Transit Authority, he spotted a man on the electrified third rail. He dove headfirst into the train tracks and grabbed the victim to save him.
Perry readily stated, “I was thinking that I could just grab him and not feel anything.” “I could feel it throughout my entire body. Because of this, I didn’t let it stop me or slow me down in any way.”
With the assistance of another commuter, Perry administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to a guy who had been electrocuted. The individual was sent to a hospital if he was able to survive.
According to reports from the Chicago Sun-Times, the authorities are continuing their investigation into the events that led up to the guy falling onto the rails.
The handover of Perry’s car to him just a few blocks from his home was met with jubilation from both locals and police personnel.
Lt. Yolanda Irving, a Chicago police lieutenant, stated that “so many times people assume these young boys are out here doing the wrong thing,” but this is just a good example of how a young man took it upon himself to jump in and do the right thing.
