ALEXANDROS AVRAMIDIS | Reuters
Andreas Alikaniotis, 20, broke the window and saved ten young people from the flames in the second carriage
02 mar 2023 . Updated at 10:21 p.m.
Angelos Tsiamouras, An 18-year-old university student, he helped save the lives of 16 passengers on a passenger train that collided head-on with one of the goods in the Greek city of Larissa, but he refuses to be considered a hero. I’m not a hero, just do my dutydice.
Angelos Tsiamouras and Andreas Alikaniotis. The two young men who helped dozens of passengers on the fatal train. Congratulations, they make us proud.#Tempe #Tempe_Tragedies pic.twitter.com/FEnb17iCiS
— Greeksburg (@Greeksburg) March 2, 2023
The Greek media also pick up the story of another hero, Andreas Alikaniotis, 20 years old, who emerged almost unharmed from the second wagon (one of those that received the frontal impact of the goods). risking his life, broke the window and saved ten young passengers from the flames. I tried to reassure a girl who was in very bad shape with severe burns, this Mechanical Engineering student from the Merchant Navy explained to the press.
Angelos Tsiamouras, originally from Crete, was traveling on Tuesday in carriage number 6 of the Intercity back to Thessaloniki, where he is studying Economics and Business Administration at the university, after spending the weekend at the Patras carnival. We feel three jolts and We immediately understood that we were in dangerstory in the newspaper Peloponnisos.
I didn’t think of anything else, except that I had to help my companions. Together with my friend Giorgos we ran towards cars 3 and 4 to save as many people as possible and together with the rescuers we managed to get 16 people out. All he could think of was that he had to save one more person. Nothing else. The adrenaline was at its peak, the university student recounted.
In car number 3 we saw a lot of dead, says Angelos. Unfortunately not much could be done. The fire had spread. Car number 1 disintegrated immediately, number 2 was destroyed by fire.
I hope the State now assume its responsibilitiesso that similar tragedies are not repeated in the future, concludes Angelos .