THE mum of an inspirational little boy has thanked rail bosses for giving her son a "day to remember".
Little Noah Connell touched hearts across Glasgow this week as he started primary one - despite medics saying he may not survive to see his first day of school.
Now kind-hearted ScotRail staff have stepped in and invited the five-year-old to a very special day out at Glasgow Central Station.
From hearing his name over the tannoy to signalling for a train to leave the station, Noah had a blast of a time.
His mum, Jade Gordon, couldn't thank ScotRail enough.
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She said: "Noah is totally obsessed with trains, so for ScotRail to give Noah an experience and day to remember was unbelievably heartwarming.
"From start to finish, Noah was in his element, and was totally amazed by everything."
Jade gave birth to Noah as a complete surprise in May 2017, having not known she was pregnant.
She and partner Kieran Connell, from Barmulloch, were told to make as many memories with Noah as his health complications meant he may not survive.
He became the first child in the UK to have a complex procedure where metal scaffolding was screwed into his face to help shift his jaw and let him breathe.
Noah was born with part of his spine missing, an underdeveloped jaw, cleft palate, small neck and floppy airway.
He has hemifacial microsomia, which means the lower half of one side of his face is underdeveloped, and Pierre Robin Sequence, facial abnormalities that cause problems with breathing and mean he cannot swallow.
Even getting caught in the rain could kill him if water entered his mouth.
Jade told the Glasgow Times how online trolls can be horrifically cruel - but Glasgow Times readers have been hugely touched by Noah's story.
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On Wednesday this week Celtic-daft Noah started in P1 at Kelbourne Park Primary School.
But it's been a double thrill this week with the day out to Glasgow Central.
Jade added: "He got to press a button to signal to a train that it was time to leave the platform and he thought this was great, as well as sitting in two different versions of trains - an older model and a newer model - as well as having an announcement over the tannoy welcoming him to Central Station and his name on the board.
"Great memories made, that we are forever grateful for as these moments mean the world to us."
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