Perspective: A train was coming and a boy was about to jump. They had seconds to try to stop him.
By Theresa Vargas Theresa Vargas Local columnist who previously wrote for the local enterprise team about poverty, race and people with disabilities. Email Bio Follow Columnist March 30 at 5:52 PM Only later, when he saw the video, did Metro Transit Police Officer Joseph Munno realize how close the train had come to hitting the boy.If you measured it in distance, you would use inches.
The lights on the platform were blinking, a train was coming and the officers had no doubt the boy was about to jump. Both said it was not until later — after they learned the boy was 13, and saw a video captured by a Metro camera — that it hit them just how quickly it had all happened and how easily the situation could have turned out differently.
There is no way to know how many have stood on a track, or some other ledge, and come inches or seconds away from hurting themselves. “In the beginning, he didn’t want to tell us his name. He didn’t want to tell us what was going on,” Blaskewicz said. “It took a lot of patience. It took a lot of reassurance, reassuring him we were trying to help.”
“We let him know we’re always here,” she said. “We gave him our contact info, in case he ever wants to reach out to us.”
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