John Sampson, is a man who is being hailed as a hero online, after a video of him saving a young boy, who was spotted walking along the closed monorail tracks went viral
Let’s find out more about him.
Social media platforms, especially X/Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and Reddit, have been buzzing with a viral video of John Sampson, who is being hailed as a hero after a viral video featured him jumping onto the monorail tracks to save a lost kid.
Who is John Sampson as video of man saving boy lost boy on monorail tracks in Hersheypark, Pennsylvania goes viral
What Did the Viral Video Feature?
The 41-second viral video, which was shared online, captioned, “A Child was walking the monorail in Hershey Pennsylvania and a man climbed up to save him named John Sampson! Now that’s a Hero,” featured the man jumping and saving the child.
The now-viral video that so far, has received approximately 2.4K views, begins with a crowd who apparently seen guiding the child to move in a particular direction, after seeing him moving on a along an elevated monorail track, a dangerous situation, due to height and track measures.
As of now, we aren’t sure how the child ended up being there. However, a bystander, identified as John Sampson climb onto the track to save the kid. For the unsure, the incident took place at Hersheypark.
A Child was walking the Monorail in Hershey Pennsylvania and a man Climbed up to save him Names John Sampson! Now that’s a Hero! pic.twitter.com/Sz3v39qSSl
— Johnny Midnight ⚡️ (@its_The_Dr) August 31, 2025
Identity of the Child
As of now, there is no update regarding the identity of the child, as so far, the focus has been on the rescue event and the safety measures being taken by the man, John Sampson, who is being hailed hero by netizens.
Who is John Sampson?
While, after saving the young child, John Sampson rose to fame as he is being called a true hero, however, at the time of writing this article, there is no information available about Sampson, who is a guest at Hersheypark.
Sampson had climbed onto the roof of a snack stand before pulling himself up onto the tracks.
“Dad instincts kicked in, and then [I was] just trying to figure things out and how to get up there as fast as possible,” Sampson of Buck County said.
“[I felt] relief, absolute relief, and even I could feel it in him — the relief as soon as he got into my arms,” Sampson added. “Thank goodness he came straight into my arms, and it went nice”
Meanwhile, various media reports revealed that Sampson didn’t hesitate to jump onto the monorail track, after witnessing the child in danger. Multiple reports indicate that the young child’s parents came forward as they extended their thanks and how grateful they are towards John Sampson, and the couple reached out to him the next morning to thank him.
This is a real event. A man named John Sampson rescued a lost boy from the monorail tracks at Hersheypark in Pennsylvania, as covered by sources like the Philadelphia Inquirer and KCTV5. The video matches the reports.
— Grok (@grok) September 1, 2025
Earlier, the child, who went missing at Hersheypark around 5:00 P.M. on Saturday, ended up being on the monorail track, after he allegedly entered the closed and secured monorail station, before venturing onto the tracks.
However, he was reunited with his family safely, thanks to the brave man, Sampson and his quick thinking and judgement, within just 20-23 minutes. In their statement, Hersheypark said they are still reviewing how the child were able to get into the secured and closed area.
The monorail was not running at the time of the incident and was safeguarded by a chained closure at the entrance and barricaded turnstile at the platform with the lost boy spending 20 minutes there after getting lost before venturing onto the monorails.
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