Braveheart Railway Pointsman Mayur Shelke Felicitated by Citizens Through Crowd Funding Moneylife Digital Team 0 “It was an instantaneous decision. My only thought was to save the child’s life and I am glad that I could do so,” said Mayur Shelke humbly, at an event felicitating him for his extraordinary act of risking his own live by sprinting in the face of a thundering Udayan Express to save a 6-year old child who had fallen across railway tracks.
“As an only child, I was worried my parents would be shocked or upset at what I had done, so I did not even tell them about it for two days. Then the video became viral and I began to get calls and my parents began to ask me what it was all about. They were initially shocked; especially my mother. But now both my parents are very proud of me and I am thankful for their support throughout,” he said, at the online felicitation event.