Toddler with autism rescued from electrified train tracks

A three-year-old boy with autism had a miraculous escape when he was rescued from a railway track after being spotted from a passing train. The boy had managed to wander onto the tracks of New York’s Hudson line, when he was spotted by an engineer of another train who quickly alerted crews. <br>Workers sprang into action to locate the boy who ‘just popped out of a wall,’ according to the radio report. Video footage of the incident shows a conductor eventually finding the boy within touching distance of an electrified third rail, jumping down onto the tracks to snatch him up, with no thought for his own safety. <br>The toddler was eventually reunited with his tearful mother and sister, and the Metropolitan Transit Authority has awarded commendations to all those involved in the dramatic rescue.