I’m meant to be dead: Wireless Festival-goer, 21, launches search for hero stranger who saved her life when he rescued her from King’s Cross Tube tracks after she tripped and suffered horrific electrical burns on her back
- Tegan Badham had been visiting London on Sunday, July 10 for Wireless Festival
- As she made her way through King’s Cross St Pancras she fell onto the tracks
- The 21-year-old was electrocuted before being rescued by a heroic passerby
- Remarkably she survived, although she received painful burns in the process
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A young woman has launched a search to find a heroic stranger who saved her life when he rescued her after she fell onto the tracks in the London Underground.
Tegan Badham was in the city to attend Wireless Festival on Sunday, July 10, when she tripped onto the tracks at King’s Cross St Pancras and was electrocuted.
The 21-year-old received horrific burns on her back in the incident and was certain she was going to die as she struggled to get back up while the next train approached.
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But she was saved thanks to a kind bystander, who lifted her off the tracks with seconds to spare as the train entered the platform.
Her lucky escape left medics amazed, with Ms Badham claiming they told her: ‘We thought we were picking up a body’.
The festival-goer, who hails from Cwmbran in south Wales, says she’s grateful to live to see another day and wants to thank the man who made it possible.
Ms Badham and friend arrived in the capital on the Sunday evening, having already gone to the event on Friday, July 8, before skipping Saturday night.
She said she had been looking forward to seeing Nicki Minaj that night, but instead was left ‘in agony’ as she smelled her own skin burning.
The music lover said she can’t remember how she tripped, but thankfully ‘a man grabbed hold of my arms and pulled me up’.
Tegan Badham, pictured, was in London on July 10 for Wireless Festival when she fell onto the Tube tracks at King’s Cross St Pancras station
Speaking to the Sun, she said: ‘I just have to find him, he saved my life.
‘I was too shocked to thank him and he was catching the train that came into the station.
‘I was so lucky that he bravely reached down to me, without him I would be dead now.’
The accident happened about 6pm, Tegan said. She said she was heading for the Victoria Line from King’s Cross to travel to Finsbury Park where the festival was taking place.
‘I just tripped,’ she told Wales Online.
‘I can’t even tell you how or what happened, I can’t even remember getting onto the track, I just remember coming around and being like “Oh my Gosh, I’m on the track, what am I going to do?”‘
The 21-year-old received burns on her back (pictured), arms and legs as she was electrocuted when she fell
As Tegan attempted to recover herself she suffered burns on several different parts of her body.
‘The worst ones were on my leg and my back,’ she added.
‘Thankfully, that man just grabbed me. If he hadn’t grabbed me I honestly would not be here.
‘My eyes were just flashing before my life. When I got out I just kept my eyes shut because I was freaking out. I just sat on the floor and kept quiet because I had no idea what was going on.’
She said she wants to find the man, who was of medium build and had dark hair, so she can thank him in person.
She added he might have been in his 30s, was wearing casual clothes and had mousy-brown hair.
‘I would just be emotional if I spoke to him,’ Ms Badham said.
‘I wouldn’t even know where to start. I just want to cwtch (hug) him and tell him I’m so grateful for him doing that. He’s probably a bit traumatised by it too.’
For now Ms Badham is focusing on her recovery after suffering burns on her back, arms and legs.
Ms Badham (pictured right, with her friend Hannah Smith left) says a heroic stranger saved her life by pulling her to safety before a train arrived
She claims the thick rubber-soled boots she was wearing might have helped save her from even worse burns, and the incident has given her a new view on life.
‘I’m moving really well now, obviously the first week my back was killing but now I can actually move my hands and put my clothes on myself,’ she said.
‘I think I’ve got a new outlook on life now, I’m just enjoying myself.’
A TfL spokesperson said: ‘We are sorry to hear that a customer at King’s Cross St Pancras station sustained minor injuries after a fall onto the Victoria line track and would like to thank those who helped her.
‘We wish her a full and quick recovery and want to reassure customers that their safety is paramount to TfL.’
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