Said the following about Gary Campbell:

“Since Nov 2018 Gary has got down on the track twice and talked people out of taking their lives both occasions are very different but what is the same is that he showed great bravery in doing what he did.

In November 2018, he saw a woman who had walked onto the tracks at Liverpool Lime Street, into the path of an oncoming train. As hundreds of passengers looked on, Gary climbed down onto the tracks – he knew from his training with the Samaritans and Rethink Mental Illness that it is important to be on the same level as the person you’re talking to – but now he was fearful for his own safety as well as hers. She was carrying a knife and told Gary, “I just want to die.” Knowing he needed to act quickly, Gary was able to stop the oncoming train and get the woman to put the knife away so he could speak to her, he said, ‘We’ve all got problems.’ And I took her through a few options of support, he explains. “She wasn’t having any of it at first, it was a long process. She felt everyone was against her in that moment. But I used my training and we agreed to both get off the tracks. “They shook on the agreement that if one of them got off the tracks then the other would too – but she insisted that Gary went first. “Eventually,” he says, “I’m lifting her up, putting my arm around her and walking her past the crowds. “He took her to the First Class lounge where they could talk quietly for a while.

Following this incident Gary was selected to be one of the faces for the Virgin Trains Christmas Campaign #ItsAWonderfulLine which was around encouraging customers on stations who were not feeling great due to Mental Health issues to seek support or guidance from Rethink Mental Illness through a series of scripts from the 1960s Christmas Classic Movie ''Its a Wonderful Life'' that had been painted on station platforms along the WCML.

He appeared on BBC and Sky News to talk about the Campaigned and encourage customers to seek support should they be feeling low over the festive period.

Then in Aug 2019 Gary who is the station manager of Stafford Station too was informed by a member of the public that a young male was on the tracks just outside the station.

Gary again acted very quickly to stop all moving trains in the area via the signaller and was then able to go on the tracks safely and talk the male and after sometime was able to get him to a place of safety and get him the much help he needed at that time. He is so brave and caring to be able to do this for others“