Alone in a foreign country, a young woman is saved by two strangers

This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team. It features stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else.

In 1980, Elaine Batchelor graduated from college. To celebrate, she decided to backpack across Europe. She was 22 years old and had never before traveled by herself. A few months into her trip, she got on a night train to Greece from what was then known as Yugoslavia.

When Batchelor boarded, she realized that she was likely the only woman on the train and that no one spoke English.

 "I thought, 'Well, this doesn't look like a good idea.' But at the time, when things weren't good ideas, I did them anyway," Batchelor said.

Batchelor sat on an empty bench. About an hour later, two young men came and forcefully pulled her up by