I almost got hit by a train.
It happened when I was in the 11th grade. I was on my way home and I had to cross the railway before I reached the area. It was a two line railway that I needed to cross. Usually, the railway looked like this:
Usually there would be someone whose job is to guard the railways and block the way when the train is coming so pedestrians don't cross it. Sometimes they will be tipped by people passing by.
So, that strange day, there was no one there. No motorcycle passes, no people around, I was alone. All of a sudden my head got full of stuff; it was so complicated I couldn't explain, I wasn't aware of my surroundings. I stopped in the second line of the railway and got stuck there, thinking of something that I can't even remember, I was completely distracted and my uniform skirt got stuck in between the rails (I wore a long grey skirt as my school uniform).
Slowly I started hearing the sound of the train coming from the line. It was not a straight railway, it's a bit curvy, and that made it difficult to see if the train was really coming or not. I knew that the train would come, but I could not get oht of my head and could not move. Until I realized that my skirt was still in between, and I could see the front of the train coming. I was frozen.
I didn't know what to do, I knew it was late for me to run, it was so close. In the last moment, I heard someone's voice and it seemed that I had been pushed. I found myself lying on the ground, only several meters from the railway while the train passed.
I thought somebody helped me. I was looking around, hoping to find someone. I found no one...
I don't know what happened to me, but I am really grateful to whatever or whoever saved my life. If that happened only a few seconds later, I most probably would have died from the hit.
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