A Cape Town man hailed as a hero for allegedly stepping into an altercation on a train and becoming paralysed in the process says he is no hero.Darryn August, 27, was attacked and robbed by a group of nine men before being thrown off a moving train in Somerset West exactly a week ago.A fund called Everest for August was set up to raise funds for him. By yesterday it had raised nearly R160,000. It wasn't clear whether August would accept the donation.Just minutes after receiving news that an operation to repair his broken spine was a "resounding success", August told The Times yesterday that the story doing the rounds on social media contained many inaccuracies.Previous reports said that August had tried to intervene when his attackers harassed other passengers on the carriage, including a pregnant woman.The men then hit August over the head with a heavy metal object and stabbed him multiple times before throwing him from the carriage, resulting in his striking a tree and breaking his spine."What has been said is not correct, I never said that."There were three other passengers and one was a pregnant woman, but they were on the other side of the carriage. I was nearest to the robbers and that's why they came for me. I wasn't trying to intervene," August said.The high school life skills co-ordinator is no longer angry with the attackers, who also robbed him of his tablet and other possessions. Instead, he said he wanted the truth about what took place that day to come out."I want to move on," he said.On Thursday August underwent spinal fusion surgery to re-link parts of his spinal cord that were broken. Although successful, his doctor still does not think August will walk again."[The doctors] said I won't walk again but I feel with time, hard work and determination I will walk," he said.Ashley Roman of Activate!, a leadership network, said August, a member, was a quirky but bold leader: "Recently he negotiated with community leaders in Athlone for greater access to resources for youths in that community. He's not afraid to step into that space."..