TV PRESENTER Dermot O’Leary fought back tears during an emotional interview with This Morning today.
The ITV presenter welcomed teenage “heroes” Freddie Corbett, 15, and Harley Hollingworth, 16, to the show on Thursday.
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Dermot O’Leary was left fighting back tears on Thursday’s show
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The presenter interviewed three teenage ‘heroes’
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TV favorite Dermot’s voice cracked when he heard their story
A brave couple jumped onto the train tracks at Bolton-upon-Dearne station in South Yorkshire on Saturday to save a man in distress, with just seconds to spare before the train stopped.
Youngster Freddie told Dermot and co-host Josie Gibson: “We saw a man sleeping in a sleeping bag and I heard a train coming and he wandered over to the tracks and onto the tracks.
“I went up to him and said ‘what are you doing?’, he said ‘I’m going to kill myself tonight’.”
He then explained that he risked his own safety and jumped onto the tracks with an oncoming train without thinking.
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The student continued: “I jumped onto the tracks and he pushed past me and headed towards the train and I said ‘you’re not doing that mate’.
“I picked him up and jumped to the side.
“I got Harley to come over and we dragged him to the shelter and pinned him down for about an hour until help got there and talked to him about what was going on.”
Dermot was full of praise for the heroic lads, saying: “It’s one thing to help someone, but you had to physically restrain this guy.
“When he pushed past you, what were you thinking?”
Freddie recalled: “I was like ‘I can’t let him die’ – I’m putting myself at risk but it’s not just him and it’s not just me.
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“It’s the driver, everybody on the train and everything. People can be traumatized and it just destroys people’s lives and everybody deserves a second chance at life.”
He then explained that the man was in “bad shape” and told him not to do anything “stupid”.
“Don’t think it’s natural instincts, I just had to help him,” said Freddie.
Freddie’s father Billy also appeared on the sofa and said they were “shocked” and had a “momentary scare” when they found out what had happened.
“When we woke up in the morning, it started to sink in what they had actually done – I got prouder and prouder,” he told viewers.
Dermot, who is father to three-year-old Kasper with his wife Dee, began to swell and began to cry as he continued to praise their brave act.
He said: “As a parent you have to reconcile those two feelings – firstly, I can believe you’re risking your life, this is your everything.
“And then the other thing, those values and morals that you and your wife have instilled in them are played out.”
Dermot’s voice began to crack as the emotional star said: “You must be so proud.
– Now I feel like crying, you must be so proud.
There were also two girls on the platform who called the police.
The driver of the oncoming train went into reverse and told the boys that help was on the way.
After the man was taken over by the police, Network Rail employee Gary Robinson drove the teenagers home.
Freddie shared, “I would do it again in a heartbeat.”
Network Rail employee Gary Robinson spoke out about the incident on social media.
He wrote: “I called a man with intent to harm himself on the railway tonight.
“These two guys were his angels! They pulled him off the rails… sat with him and talked to him until I got there and make no mistake, they saved his life!”
The guys then explained how the man is now getting the necessary support, and they also referred to the man’s mental health.
Josie said: “You’ve saved someone at their darkest moment, has that changed your views on mental health?”
Freddie added: “You don’t know what other people are going through, you should always ask and check people out.
“Even people you don’t know if you think they’re going through things.”
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A young man, Freddie, opened up about the rescue of an injured man
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Two teenagers were declared ‘heroes’
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