A Glen Waverley boy who was allegedly thrown onto the train tracks at Hawthorn station on Thursday by a man on a violent rampage says he will not forgive his attacker.
Cian Channon-Ling, 14, who has autism, was waiting at the station on his way home from school just before 4pm when he was attacked.
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Alleged Hawthorn train assault man was out on bail
A man is appeared in court after a violent attack at Hawthorn railway station that left an elderly woman in hospital. Vision courtesy Seven News, Melbourne.
The man charged with the rampage, Adam Reeves of Tullamarine, was on bail after being charged with a drunken assault on paramedics on Christmas Day.
Cian told Channel Nine he could see the attacker coming and screamed for help.
"He ran up to me and grabbed hold of me and he pushed me off the platform. I was screaming," the teen said. "I was just really shocked and really angry and I'm not going to forgive him for that."
Cian suffered a broken arm, a deep cut to the head and cuts and bruises.
"Thank God someone saved me," he said,
Fellow students from the Cian's school pulled him from the tracks, with a train less than three minutes from arriving at the station.
Matthew Rutledge tried to stop the attacker and described the scene of panic as passengers tried to help Cian and others.
"He's thrown him straight up in the air and he's just gone flying onto the tracks and landed straight on his head," Rutledge said. "I just grabbed him with some other guys and pulled him off the tracks."
The boy was treated at Hawthorn station and then taken to hospital.
A 73-year-old woman was also in hospital in a stable condition after allegedly being bitten and stomped on at the station in the same attack.
A 54-year-old man also received minor injuries.
Cian's family is furious that the man charged with the attack was not behind bars for the alleged Christmas Day attack.
Mother Michelle Channon said she is devastated and worried her son will suffer emotional scars.
"This should never have happened in the first place," Ms Channon said.
"Cian's borderline severely autistic and for a disabled child to not be safe going home from school is I think rather shocking."
She said it would take a lot of work to rebuild his confidence to take public transport again.
Mr Reeves appeared in court on Friday charged with conduct endangering life, intentionally causing injury and committing an offence while on bail.
The court heard he has schizophrenia and would require medication while in custody.
Reeves did not apply for bail and is due to appear again on October 28.