Aug 20, 2008 6:49 pm US/Central
Stabbed Man Gets On LRT, Saved By Passengers
(WCCO)
People riding the light rail home from Tuesday's Twins game had quite the experience when a man bleeding from a stab wound got onto the train.
"My first thought was this man needs help and we need to help him," remembered Jan Jerde, who was on the light rail when the 28-year-old man got on.
She and her daughter had just left the Twins game. The train they were one was filled with fans leaving the game.
They went from sports spectators to sudden caregivers around 10:30 p.m.
"There was quite a bit of blood on his back parts, my daughter checked him out and saw the stab wounds, and at that point he just kind of collapsed into her arms," said Jerde.
Jerde called 911 while her daughter used her nursing skills to help the man.
"She was asking the other passengers for clothes and napkins, and she put compression where he was bleeding on his back, where the stab wounds were," said Jerde.
The man told police he was riding his bike off Bloomington Avenue South in Minneapolis last night when two men approached him, took $20 and then stabbed him.
He ran up to Lake Street with his bike and hopped on a bus. He got off a couple blocks later at the Lake Street/Midtown Station and hopped on the light rail train.
By the time that train got to the 46th Street Station, Jerde and her daughter had done all they could do while police and paramedics showed up.
"As soon as they arrived, they asked the people to move off the train so they could get to this man and help him," said Jerde.
Savoring their good deed and the Twins great game, they headed home with two stories about two different wins -- one in the dome and the other on the train.
"Oh, yeah, I'd do it again. If someone was hurt, I'd help them," Jerde remarked.
Police are still looking for the person who stabbed and robbed the man. There are cameras on the train and they were recording but Minneapolis Police and Metro Transit are not releasing that video.
The injured man is at his home in Minneapolis, after first heading to Hennepin County Medical Center for treatment. He said he's thankful to the two women who helped him.
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