Father dies saving daughters as pram rolls onto Sydney train tracks

On a Sunday afternoon at a Sydney railway station, a father made the irreversible choice that defines parenthood at its most primal — he went after his children. A momentarily released pram, a passing train, and a few seconds of inattention collapsed into a tragedy that claimed his life and that of one of his two-year-old twin daughters, while the other child survived in the narrow space between the rails. The mother, who witnessed everything, now carries what no witness should ever have to carry. In the larger human story, this is a reminder of how swiftly the ordinary — a Sunday outing, a pl