just witnessed a brutal attck on a train, page-49

Hi Macca,

If I can offer you a little piece of advice for what it is worth....

Story first.... When I lived in London in 98-2000, I was out walking at lunchtime when a kid (named Callem because that is all I recall remember his mum yelling) ran from his mum straight across a 4 lane road near Victoria Station which is a very busy street. As soon as I saw him I ran out after him and grabbed him by the hood of his jacket jast as a London bus hit the brakes on the wet road and I know if I was 1 second slower we both would have been killed.

For a few years (and even still sometimes today) I jump badly when I hear a loud noise. It always makes me think of the bus and the noise it would have made had it hit us.

My point being Macca, that as you were involded in this incident you are, in fact, a victim in the sole fact that you became involved.

You may not know it, but you may have this incident replayed inside your head for longer than you would think.

Make sure you don't keep it inside your own head. My advice would be to talk to someone about this if you get even a small amount of loss of sleep.

Aussie men may believe they can handle these things, but aussie men also tend to hide their true feelings.

I'm sure you are fine, I just wanted to give a little advice that I hope, if nothing else, makes you keep an eye open for any warning signs like losing sleep over the incident or thinking about the incident daily for a few weeks.

Cheers monkey man, it was a very brave thing you did. My respect.

regards, Tony.