
Anja Bochenski, of Big Lake, Minn., holds her 15-month-old son Henry Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, as she talks about the frightening experience of her car getting stuck on the railroad tracks in Elk River. Her car by the train with her son inside on Tuesday. Brochenski couldn't get her door open, so she crawled out a window, then worked to free her son from his car seat. But it was too late. Brocheski jumped out of the way as the train struck the car. When Brocheski rushed to the vehicle, she found her son crying, and unharmed. Henry received minor bruises in the accident. (AP Photo/The St. Cloud Times, Jason Wachter)
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