Overview
- The incident occurred Friday afternoon on the Südsteg between tracks 11 and 12 with the boy’s head facing the rails, according to federal police.
- Railway security cordoned off the area and summoned emergency services before the rescue began.
- The child’s 37-year-old mother said he slipped his head through the bars while watching trains and she could not pull him back.
- Firefighters carefully pushed the boy back through the railing and lifted him onto the walkway, then handed him to his mother.
- Authorities reported the child was uninjured, noting that the nearby live wires posed a life-threatening arcing risk.