Mayor Tory has tweeted pictures and expressed his pleasure at being able to personally thank the heroes of the Broadview subway station rescue June 28. A blind man who had fallen to the tracks was pulled to safety by the men. They are Kyle Busquine, Julio Cabrera and Jehangir Faisal, seen at the centre of the group photo at Tuesday’s TTC board meeting. The men were given free passes to the transit system for a year. Hero leaps onto tracks to save blind man stranded below
ALSO AT THE TTC
The TTC board has appointed Rick Leary as CEO, a job he has been doing on an interim basis since Andy Byford left the agency more than six months ago. Leary is a railway man through and through, having begun his career as a train attendant with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in 1984 and risen through the ranks, eventually becoming the Chief Operating Officer of that system.
BOMBARDIER TRANSIT PRESIDENT APOLOGIZES
It hardly seems enough but the transit president of Bombardier, Benoit Brossoit, has apologized for the appalling performance of his company with respect to delayed delivery and massively slipshod work on Toronto’s new streetcars. Bombardier confirmed last week that it would have to recall 67 of the 89 streetcars already delivered to the TTC because to a “welding defect” that could impact the guaranteed 30-year lifespan of the vehicles. Brossoit appeared before the TTC board to say he “understands and shares the disappointment” of TTC riders and “truly apologizes” for the issue. Bombardier is doing everything it can to “make it right” and deliver on its commitments to Toronto. If Bombardier made dishwasher soap it would be out of business by now.
