Train rescue.(The Goodness Of America)

During the past four years, Massachusetts residents James Ahern and nephew John "Jack" Ahern have served with the Paramedic 3 unit of Boston Emergency Medical Services. On August 16, 2002, they responded to an emergency call involving a man who was pinned beneath a subway train at the Chinatown Station of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).

When they arrived, they found a man in his 40s under the train that had struck him, with his torso and legs trapped in the train's undercarriage. With about three feet of crawl space beneath the train (and two feet in the tunnel wall area) in which to work, they inserted an IV (intravenous) line, and a tube to assist the victim's labored breathing. They were advised to leave the train pit for their own safety while Boston Fire Department personnel attempted to lift the train, but opted instead to stay with their patient.

Jacks were put in place, and for 20 minutes workers tried in vain to raise the train. The effort had to be suspended until heavier jacks could be brought in.

At one point as it ...