Cameron, N.Y. - Laurie Eldridge lives in Cameron just a few yards from very busy train tracks. Monday, had she not been doing garden work with her mom, Arlene, 81-year old, Angeline Pascucci, might not be alive.
Eldridge said, “I didn't think. I just reacted. I'm sure it was what anybody else would do.”
Laurie’s mom, Arlene, said, “At first we thought it was a railroad truck. Generally, they drop their wheels to run the tracks. They do make a lot of noise. But then we saw the car.”
New York State police and fire officials say Pascucci had been shopping in Rochester. But she became extremely disoriented and somehow made her way down to Cameron. The 81-year-old tried to turned onto the train tracks and became stuck.
But a train was barreling towards her. Arlene Eldridge said, “It was terrifying. I don't ever want to have to experience it again.”
Laurie says she told Arlene to call 9-11. Then she ran to the tracks, barefoot, across a creak and found Pascucci, inside her car. Eldridge then pulled her out and dove into the bushes. She said, “I took her down over the bank, as far over as I could get her. I didn't know what else to do. I didn't know what was going to happen or where the car was going to go when the train hit.”
Pascucci's car was totaled. There's no question had Eldridge not pulled the 81-year-old to safety, she might not be alive, Monday.
But Eldridge says she's no hero. She's exceptionally humble and says she only did what anyone else would do. Eldridge said, “The fire department, the policemen, the ambulance crew, they do this everyday. I only did it once. They need more recognition than I do.”
But the president of the Cameron fire department disagrees. Dale Woodworth said, “We want to give Laurie a citizen’s award for her bravery and show the community what kind of people we have living here.”
Source: wetmtv.com
http://www.wetmtv.com/news/local/story/Cameron-Women-Becomes-Humble-Hero/V9N1FMnTF0WDxTQahmF8TQ.cspx?hpt=us_bn4
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