PASSENGER

‘Excuse me,’ said the woman to the guard. ‘There’s a man’s hurt himself, can’t get out of his seat, needs some help.’
The guard went to have a look, came back to the cab and spoke into a handset, ‘passenger in need of medical attention, says he’s dislocated his hip, an artificial hip he says, can’t get out the seat...a table seat...be good...okay.’
Two men wearing overalls in railway colours arrived removed the table carried it out.
Two paramedics, with a getting out of a situation chair, and three firemen, not wearing helmets, came from the platform into open carriage through the open door, left in reverse order one paramedic holding the oxygen breathing passenger’s right trouser keeping the leg straight the other pushing the chair.
The passenger, whose hip was dislocated, kept his eyes closed being carried away from delaying the train twenty minutes.
‘Pull yourself together,’ I said.