Young Boy Helps in Heroic Save

At 6 a.m. this morning, a police officer saved a man’s life when she crashed her cruiser into a car that was stalled on the train tracks. Janet Paradiso, a local police captain rescued an unconscious Francois Truffant seconds before the Downeaster train came rushing by at 40 miles per hour.
This save was thanks to a heroic young boy who sprinted 100 yards to the police station to report this minutes before the train was due to arrive. While James Laboke, 17, was on his way to work, he came across 80-year-old Francois who was passed out in the driver seat.
Francois, who is now resting in stable at Southern Maine Medical Center said, “I don’t remember a thing.” Police believe Francois, who is diabetic, went into insulin shock just as he reached the railroad crossing.
James did not want to take much credit, “I never thought about it. I just knew I couldn’t let that men get crushed by a train”.
Chales Champaigne, the owner of the Eezy Breezer restaurant said that is the type of person James is.