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In a heart-stopping split second, an Australian mother watches as her 6-month-old son rolls onto a train track and under an oncoming train -- and escapes with just a scratch.
It could happen to any parent -- you release the brake on the stroller to prepare to board the train, and it rolls away from you. For Shweta Verma, a 29-year-old mother and dentist who lives in Melbourne, it is a nightmare that keeps replaying in her head and on TV, thanks to a surveillance camera that captured the entire terrifying episode on film.
Verma told Today's Matt Lauer about the terrifying moment when her son, Saurish, rolled onto the tracks as a train sped through the station. The video shows her horror as she helplessly watches her baby disappears under it.












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11-03-2009 @ 9:30PM
yvette said...omg;u must be the most ignorent person in life how can u even have the heart to add that comment,may god forgive u and if ur not a parent yet, when u become may god be with u.u should be ashamed of yourself.
11-03-2009 @ 8:09PM
msqueet09 said...Praise God!
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11-08-2009 @ 1:23AM
bharat said...that's true
11-03-2009 @ 10:31PM
JB said...Praise god that the baby is ok, but don't blame him for making the stroller roll on the tracks?
11-04-2009 @ 12:26AM
Meg said...I am so greatful that we will not be ultimatley judged by our peers, but that a loving Father in Heaven knows the truth and the intent of our hearts He will forgive quickly and bind up the wounds that are there. This woman is already tormented by what happened. Can we not recognize the miracle and send our positive energy her way?
I wish you peace and love at this difficult time!
11-04-2009 @ 12:43AM
michael said...i just seen this video it was crazy seeing this happen but when u look closer by 26-27 sec in the video and you look closer stroller youll see a white shadow that looks like it tryed to stop it from happening or pushing it i dont no what i see but i see it in the video im shock that her child is safe and thank god her child is safe but look at the video it look really crazyy
11-04-2009 @ 1:18AM
ladyAlloces said...Every person on here, especially mothers/fathers, Spewing their garbage about how this woman pushed the stroller or in some way did this on purpose should be ashamed of their downright rediculous, backwards, thinking. I only hope that when something horrible like this happens to you (and since it was CLEARLY an accident) it could! You arent treated as poorly as this woman is being treated. Did you even watch the tape?! Absolutely rediculous.
11-04-2009 @ 1:44AM
Ben said...God?
God?
Are you serious?
A God would have prevented the stroller from rolling off....
There is no God....
Open your eyes....
11-03-2009 @ 8:14PM
Kelly said...OMG!!!!!!!!! That mother must be sooo happy! god bless that family!
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11-03-2009 @ 8:16PM
CArla said...by what i seen looks like she let the baby roll into the train and only at the end attempt to save it i watched it over and over before i commented but i still see the same thing
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11-03-2009 @ 8:28PM
emh said...i think you should re watch it the only thing she did wrong that i saw inn the video was not keep ahold of the stroller what i saw was the baby was pushing the stroller and when the stroller hit the edge the baby and stroller went over the edge
11-03-2009 @ 9:33PM
sam said...BS. She was watching the train approach, and then slipped as she went for the stroller. The woman is clearly distraught about it still. This is not some sicko trying to rid herself of her kid.
11-03-2009 @ 9:51PM
Tristin said...You do realize that the clip is in SLOW MOTION, right? It was about 3 seconds before she reacted on the clip, which in real life was probably LESS THAN 1 SECOND! I am reading some of these HEARTLESS comments, and I am shocked. Could you people not see the SADNESS in her eyes during the interview? She was about to jump onto the tracks to try to get her baby! The train nearly hit her before she pulled back! Even the investigators said she did nothing wrong. She seems like a good, caring mother. And you heartless people leaving these horrible comments about how she intentionally pushed her baby onto the tracks (even in the clip she didnt even touch it, it rolled off because she thought she had the brake on but she didnt) or that she needs to have her baby taken away are just evil people and I pray that God can have mercy on your souls. I'm not even a parent, infact I'm only 13, and I have more sense than some of you heartless probable adults.
11-03-2009 @ 10:34PM
Typhon said...Agreed. Who the hell leaves the breaks off on their stroller on a windy platform? And who the hell takes that long to react to their son roll away into the path of an oncoming train?
11-04-2009 @ 12:51AM
lionfish said...It seems like the mother almost allows it ,she hears the train coming,she only reacts when it is obviously to late. Very strange, would not doubt that she tried to kill the baby,better luck next time.
11-03-2009 @ 8:21PM
Christopher Kidwell said...The sad thing is that some people were saying that she did this on purpose.... I don't think so, to be blunt. I have watched the tape and enhanced the .avi version posted online in some places, and it just looks like she accidentally bumped the stroller, thought that the brake was on, and didn't realize until MUCH later (a few seconds) that the stroller was moving.
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11-03-2009 @ 8:27PM
Christianne said...I wonder if that student was an angel in disguise and he went under the train and layed his hands on the baby and the baby was made whole. It can happen! The Bible says that sometimes we interact with angels without even knowing.
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11-03-2009 @ 9:44PM
tim said...i would like to beleave so. I could use an angle now
11-04-2009 @ 6:41PM
karebare38 said...yes, i believe that could be true. besides someone else on this comment board said they thought they saw a white shadow, wow. that definitely sounds like an angelic being saving that cute adorable little thing! I am sooo glad he's okay .....Yeahhhh. it's amazing with the kind of stuff people can actually begin to say, to me it just sounds so cold and almost souless. It amazes me.- I will watch this video over again to see if I notice a white shadow there. and you know, it seems video cams may catch things like this, more than the human eye could, what do you think? and, how does that work?? the camera being able to capture ghostly activity over the human eye!
11-03-2009 @ 8:25PM
lisa said...i wouldnt be quite so sure there are some stupid careless mothers out there; i am a mom; she did look as if she was literally ready to hop down there til the very last second .just goes to show you cannot turn your back for a second.
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