Tumwater Fire crews meet the teen they helped rescue after deadly Amtrak crash
Tumwater Fire crews on Tuesday visited the teen they helped rescue when an Amtrak train derailed last month.
They told 16-year-old Timmy Brodigan that he’s now part of their family.
“We want you to come by and visit the fire station when you get back,” Tumwater Fire Chief Scott LaVielle said Tuesday in a KOMO TV news story.
In the minutes after last month’s Amtrak derailment, a good Samaritan came across Timmy Brodigan, who was hanging upside down near a window of the train. But he was so bloody and bruised that the man initially thought the 16-year-old was dead.
Brodigan was on his way to visit cousins in Oregon when the train derailed. He is now being treated at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
His dad Michael Brodigan told Q13 FOX that the teen suffered spinal cord injuries and two fractured ribs.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the GoFundMe page “Help Timmy after train crash” had raised more than $64,000 to provide support for his family as the teen recovers.
Lisa Pemberton
This story was originally published January 24, 2018 at 11:40 AM with the headline "Tumwater Fire crews meet the teen they helped rescue after deadly Amtrak crash."