Fiction Train 2

James Laboke was walking to work yesterday when he saved a man’s life. While walking 4 miles to his job in Old Orchard, Laboke noticed a car stalled on the tracks. In the car, unconscious, was an 80-year-old man. The next train was scheduled to go by soon.
“I knew there was no time,” Laboke said, “I had to do something.” Finding all the doors locked, he ran 100 yards to the nearest police station. Janet Paradiso received the call about the incident at 6:05 AM. The next train, an Amtrak Downeaster, was scheduled to come through around 6:10 AM.
Rushing over, Paradiso heard the train’s whistle as she arrived. Realizing there was no time, she rammed her cruiser into the car, pushing it off the tracks. 30 seconds after this, the Amtrak train passed through at 40 mph.
The 80-year-old man, one Francois Truffaut, is a diabetic and had been in insulin shock when he passed out on the tracks. He is listed in stable condition at Southern Maine Medical Center. “I don’t remember a thing,” he says. Truffaut, a Quebec native, had been making the trip to Old Orchard every summer since he was a kid.
Laboke works at the Eezy Breezy restaurant on East Grand Street. Charles Champaigne, Laboke’s boss, commented on his actions. “It doesn’t surprise me at all,” Champaigne told a reporter. “That young man is one of my most responsible employees.” Laboke, a Sudanese refugee, is 17 years old.