Red Sox intern helps trapped trolley passenger in crash

Ben Papapietro, of Sudbury, was on his way home from Fenway Park when the accident happened. He climbed his way out of the mangled train and started walking down the railroad tracks, until he heard screams.

Min Perry, 37, was pinned inside the train car, right behind Terrese Edmonds, who died in the crash.  

Papapierto turned around and attended to Perry. She told him to call her husband, because she did not think she was going to make it. Papapierto quickly called 911 from his cell phone, trying to find help.

"You might need the jaws of life there's a woman who's trapped," Ben told the dispatcher. "The train is crushed, her legs are trapped inside the squished part of the train and she can't get out."

Papapierto told Perry to "just breathe through it and take deep breaths."

He told Perry, "you're gonna be fine," and she responded with "thank you."

The dispatcher asked him if he was on the train and he said yes.

Papapierto stayed with Perry for about a half an hour until the fire department arrived. She was taken to Boston Medical Center with a broken right ankle and her left leg cut to the bone. She was listed in serious condition.

Perry got the chance to thank Papapierto on Friday.

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