Seconds from death: disabled woman rescued from Thirroul train tracks

By Kate McIlwain
Updated September 25 2014 - 10:13pm, first published 10:00pm
Jody Balbi, with daughter Kelly, 37, who was rescued by two men  after her wheelchair fell off a railway platform at Thirroul. Pictures: CHRISTOPHER CHAN
Jody Balbi, with daughter Kelly, 37, who was rescued by two men after her wheelchair fell off a railway platform at Thirroul. Pictures: CHRISTOPHER CHAN

Jody Balbi can’t bear to think what might have happened if two strangers had not leapt to the rescue when her daughter fell onto the tracks at Thirroul station.

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