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Train safety and a close call with my 7 year old in the LRT 1 line

A week ago my 7 year old boy wanted to come with me to my customer in far away Taft avenue.  Our transportation of choice was the train, it does not make any sense to bring the car with all the traffic and no parking.  So there were three of us, me, my girl editor and my 7 year old boy.

It was so much fun going there, having a little boy makes it all fun.  We did have a close call on our way home.  We were rushing to catch the LRT 1 parked and leaving the station.  The 3 of us rushed in my boy first, then me, then my girl editor.  The doors were closing but my boy got in, then I got in, then I had the idea of using my body to stop the door from closing so my employee could get in too.  Not possible, the LRT 1 doors are set to squeeze the life out of anyone trying that stunt.  It’s not like the safety devices in the elevators.  So we got separated from my girl editor.  We met her at the connecting station at Doroteo Jose to our next train the LRT2.

What dawned on me afterwards was the possibility that what if it was my child that got separated from me?  What if he was the one who got on the train and I and my employee were shut out?  Where o where would we pick up my boy?  That is one absolutely scary possibility.

Maybe if that happened, my girl employee and I should split up.  We have cell phones so we can talk.  We would notify the train staff, tell them my boy is on that train we just missed.  And… I need your ideas folks.  What to do in case your child gets separated from you on a train.

Prevention is the first thing in mind.  Don’t rush to ride on a train when you are with a minor.