A mum from Formby has thanked strangers whose generosity "meant the world" to her.
Liverpool ECHO reporter Kate Lally was about to get the train from Freshfield station to Southport with her 19-month-old son on Wednesday, September 8 when she got to the station and realised she couldn't get over the footbridge with her buggy.
That's when two strangers stepped in to help.
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She told the ECHO : "I was at Freshfield station a few minutes before the Southport train was due, so the barriers were down.
"I just completely forgot to factor this in as I've not got the train for a while, and there was no way I was getting the buggy with my son in it, up, over and down the other side by myself.
"A man and a woman approached me and offered to help. It might not sound like that much but it meant the world to me.
"The guy helped me haul the buggy with my son in it across the bridge, and I just made the train."
The man and woman that stepped in to help missed their train to make sure Kate could get to an important appointment in Southport.
The man who helped carry the buggy had tattoos and a beard.
She said: "They said they'd missed their train by about 30 seconds so I felt terrible that I was able to get mine and they hadn't been.
"If I'd missed this train, I'd have missed an important appointment, and I'd likely have had to wait months for another one.
"It's so lovely when people do things like this for others, it reminds you of all the good that is still in the world."
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