Hero father who died trying to save twin daughters from oncoming Sydney train remembered as happy, family man

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A father and his young daughter who were killed by a train yesterday in Sydney’s south have been identified. Local residents laid flowers at Carlton station in honour of Anand Runwal and his daughter Hinal.

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00:00Flowers and condolences.

00:05This is how locals are coming to terms with the tragic death of Anand Runwal and his two-year-old

00:10daughter, Henal.

00:11ANAND RUNWAL, Family of Anand Runwal and his two-year-old daughter, Henal

00:12This one, my head.

00:13It was just very sad.

00:16CCTV shows the family of four just minutes before the accident.

00:21Police say when the pram rolled onto the tracks, Anand jumped down to try to rescue his twin

00:26daughters.

00:27He's a very rare hero.

00:29News of their deaths has reached friends and family overseas.

00:32No words, no words to express how to express that.

00:37I don't know.

00:38While it's still unclear what caused that pram to roll onto the tracks, the horrific

00:42incident has some concerned locals calling for more safety measures on train platforms.

00:47No security for my four baby.

00:50Little kids are running around.

00:51They should have a little bit higher, like a little railing, just for protection.

00:56I can't commit today to putting up the glass barricades that you've seen in metro stations

01:02across the system without knowing how that would be implemented.

01:07The mother and her surviving daughter were released from hospital last night.

01:11Honest to God, I feel so sorry for her.

01:13I don't know what she's going through.

01:16A community offering support for a widow and her young daughter with no family here.

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