An elderly British tourist was separated from her husband on the T. A kind Bostonian stepped in to help.
“Peter thought I was lost forever."
London couple Marion and Peter Woodhouse were enjoying celebrating their 70th birthdays in Boston, until Marion accidentally boarded a Green Line train headed in the wrong direction.Fortunately, a generous Bostonian was willing to help.“Everyone was so friendly and helpful,” Marion said in an interview with WBZ.During their birthday celebration, the couple, who have been married for 47 years, visited the New England Aquarium and then were at the Government Center T station to switch trains, according to WBZ. Marion got on, but then Peter realized the train wasn’t going in the direction they needed.“So I said, ‘Get off now!’” Peter recalled, but then the door snapped shut.“I’m so slow, I couldn’t get off again,” Marion said. Marion has Parkinson’s disease, according to the news station, and walks with a walker.“She knew where I was, but I don’t know where she’s going to end up,” Peter said.Peter waited at Government Center hoping that Marion would take the train back, according to WBZ. But Marion ended up taking the train all the way to Lechmere and waited there to see if Peter had caught a later train. They didn’t have cell phones.“I waited for about four trains, but he didn’t arrive,” Marion said.Meanwhile, Peter set out to find his wife.In Lechmere, Marion approached a woman and asked her how to get a taxi. The woman, named Courtney, ordered Marion an Uber back to the Park Plaza Hotel, where the couple was staying, WBZ reports.“She wouldn’t take any money,” Marion recalled. “She said no. She said … next time someone needs help in London, I’ve got to pass on the help she’d given me.”Meanwhile, Peter had arrived back at the hotel, according to the news station. He was having someone there call the police, but then Marion walked in.“Peter thought I was lost forever,” she said. “I turned up.”Watch the full interview here:
