The man who rushed into chaotic train crash scene Thursday in Hoboken and gave comfort to the woman as she lay dying on the platform, is sharing his account of the event.

…”Yes. I’m healthy, I’m a strong, kid you know, just go help as many people as you can, and that’s what I did,” Perkins said.

…”The first person I saw was a gentleman and he had a beam on his leg. So me and like five other guys picked up the beam and we moved it,” Perkins said.

Then not far away, he would spot 34-year-old Fabiola Bittar de Kroon.

…”I could tell she could hear me, but I was just telling her like focus on your family, at that point I didn’t know she had a daughter, I didn’t know she had a husband, I was just like, focus on your family, focus on them I’m with you, you’re going to be all right just fight,” Perkins said.

…”I just tried to like comfort her, like, ‘I am going to be here with you, I am not going to leave you by yourself,’ and the police officers were like listen, ‘you did all you could,'” Perkins said.

Those words, Perkins says, will stay with him, along with a wish that he could have kept Bittar de Kroon from becoming the lone fatality in a crash she didn’t see coming.

He says he has since spoken with the victim’s husband. They discussed those final moments that he will never forget.

Man who tried save woman who ended up dying after Hoboken train crash shares his story | abc7ny.com

Sigh…

What a crazy thing to happen and what a tragedy for all of the people involved.

There is a bit of solace in the fact that the lone fatality was not alone in her final moments though.