This is a true story, that back to the British rule in India.
The PAMBAN Bridge is situated in Tamil Nadu, India.At the entrance of the bridge you can see a pictureof a weeping man holding some human body parts close to his chest.
This bridge was built during the British rule in India and it was constructed in such a way that the center portion of the bridge could be lifted with the help of huge wheels, so that ships could easily pass under the bridge. On the bridge, roadsand rail tracks are laid for trains and other vehicles to pass.
A middle aged man was appointed to roll the wheels up and down when ships arrive. Once he saw a train slowly approaching, while hewas pulling back the bridge after a ship quietly passed beneath. He had to pull backquickly or else there would be a fatal accident and thousands would have died.
At that time his 9 year old son came with lunch. When he saw his father strugglingwith the wheels, he kept thelunch box down and started helping him to roll the wheels to put the bridge back.
Suddenly his son's finger got caught inside the wheel and he started crying out. At this time if the father tries to save his son, the bridge could not be put backon time. He had no other option but to ignore his son's cry. With all his strength he kept on rolling the wheels to down the bridge. As the wheels rolled on, his son slowly started slipping away into the huge machine.
Tears rolled down his father's cheeks, but he ignored his son's cry. If he tried to save him, the train will surely fall into the sea and thousands of people will die.
Slowly the boy's whole body fell into the machine and his father could hear his bones breaking one by one, until with a loud sound,his head cracked.
The train with thousands of passengers slowly rolled onthe rails, without knowing what had happened there.
Though this man performed his duty honestly he lost hisonly loving son. With extreme lamentation, he pulled out his son's body parts from the machine and held it close to his chest andcried bitterly.
British Government honored him greatly and in memory ofthis incident they placed the picture at the entrance of the bridge...
There are selfless people still, only thing is we need toidentify them
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