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Tourist hangs on to Australian train for hours - records his adventure
An American tourist spending some time in Australia just took the ride of his life. 19 year old Chad Vance was stretching his legs on the platform during a crew change stop, when his train started to leave the station - without him on board.
Instead of panicking (and spending the night waiting for the next train), he climbed on board the moving train and spent the next two and a half hours in a cramped stairwell.
Eventually, he was able to get the attention of an employee, who pulled the emergency brakes. At that point, Chad was turning blue from the sub-zero wind. Of course, since we live in a social media world, Chad did take the time to make a video of his adventure, which is posted in the clip above.
He's lucky they found him on time - the train had another three and a half hours to go till it reached its destination. Of course, his adventure is nothing like the stuff people do as a hobby...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
crlocengr Jun 13th 2009 12:30PM
what an asshole.
Rob Jun 13th 2009 12:06AM
He should be arrested, not published on AOL!
gary Jun 13th 2009 12:17AM
So what I worked for the circus and we travelled by train all the time ,
cj42 Jun 13th 2009 1:08AM
This kid is from where I am....Fairbanks Alaska. Right in the middle of Alaska and we are use to 40 below or colder winters and darkness. Adventure is everyday.
It makes true characters out of everyone.
He wasn't thinking with clarity but you got to give him kudos for the ignorance is bliss factor and his sense of being game for anything!