This Boy Lost His Leg in a Train Accident But Still Plays Cricket And Rides Bike

"The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." And the story I am about to share with you all is a perfect example to this. 

May 6, 2014, a day just like any other. Deepak Saini, a boy from Ambala, Haryana left his house with his friend to board the train from Ambala Railway Station. The train was overcrowded, but they somehow managed to get in. 

Suddenly, a lady asked Deepak to fill her bottle from the water cooler. He got off the train to help her. Little did he know that his life is about to take a massive turn...

"I was just filling the water bottle when I realised that the train has started moving."

 "I carried the bottles in my hands, and without thinking about anything, I tried to get back on the train. My foot slipped, I fell on the platform and the compartment through which I fell moved forward, but my bag got stuck in the one behind it. The other compartment was dragging me, and my body came under the train. And, in a few moments, it got over my left leg."  

"For people at the station, I was nothing more than a WhatsApp story..."

As soon as Deepak's friends and some kind people around saw him, they went to drag him up the track. He also recalled,"A bunch of people were busy shooting videos and clicking pictures. For them, I was just another WhatsApp story." 

Later, his friends took him to Ambala City Civil Hospital. After some treatment, he was sent to PGI, Chandigarh and his limb was removed. 

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