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A Bangladeshi man who jumped onto the train tracks to shield his baby with his body as a train ran over them has gained kudos but also criticism from social media users after a video went viral.
The family had been travelling on the Dhaka-bound Titas commuter train at Bhairab Railway Station, according to a report by Bangladeshi newspaper Daily Sun.
When the train, which was delayed by about 1½ hours, pulled into the station at about 3.30pm on Tuesday, the family reportedly failed to get off.
Realising their error, they hurriedly dashed out just as the train was about to leave the station. The man was carrying his baby boy when the child slipped from his arms.
A viral video shows the man jumping onto the tracks and pressing his son against his body and the platform wall as the train passes overhead.

After about eight carriages go over them, passers-by quickly jump down to help the two, who are miraculously unhurt. The boy’s mother can be seen cuddling her baby at the end of the clip.
The clip was widely shared and comments posted under the posts mostly hailed the man as an “absolute hero” and “father of the year”.
“Now that is a father!” one user said.
However, some took issue with how his actions endangered his son in the first place.
“Lots of questions but one is how would you even end up in such [a] situation,” one wrote.
“How do you accidentally drop your son on train tracks? Right before the train arrives? Like, seriously?” another asked.
Falu Mia, a Titas counter attendant, told the Daily Sun the accident resulted from the family’s carelessness while trying to get off a moving train.
Bhairab Railway Police Station Officer-in-Charge Sayed Ahmed confirmed the incident, telling the newspaper it was nothing short of divine mercy that the father and son survived unharmed.
He warned passengers to remain extremely cautious and never attempt to board or disembark from moving trains.
A total of 10,417 people died in train accidents in Bangladesh from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh news outlet Netra News reported on Wednesday, citing data from the Railway Police.


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Some social media users question how the man could have dropped his son just as they were getting off the moving train


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Viral video of Bangladeshi father saving baby under moving train raises safety concerns

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Some social media users question how the man could have dropped his son just as they were getting off the moving train