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SURAT: In a miraculous escape, a 41-year-old woman survived even after coming under a moving train for a few minutes at Surat railway station.Selvaraj and his wife Venila had gone to the railway station to drop their son who had to catch the Secunderabad Express from platform number 3.The couple boarded the train to check if their son had got a proper seat. Meanwhile, the train started and the couple had to rush out in a hurry.While trying to deboard, both slipped into the gap between the train and platform.Suresh Virani, another traveller, present on the spot immediately pulled Selvaraj out of the gap while Venila remained stuck there as the train moved.Since her position was awkward, she was advised to stay in the gap till the train stopped.A passenger on the train, who saw the incident, pulled the chain. But as the train had gained speed, it stopped only after eight coaches had moved past Venila.As the train stopped, she was pulled out by travellers present on the spot and taken to the rest area.Shocked by the incident, the couple was unable to speak for a while.They were unable to believe that they had survived the fall.