May 28, 2008
Man Falls Under Incoming F Train and Lives
A 55-year-old man fell onto the subway tracks at Delancey Street yesterday just as the F train was pulling into the station – and survived by lying down in the disgusting shallow trough between the rails. The unidentified man became suddenly ill and fell onto the tracks at 1:34 p.m, but this time there was no hero to jump in and pull him out. The motorman on the incoming train hit the emergency brakes when he spotted the man, but three cars had passed over him by the time the train came to a stop.
Bystanders told Newsday that after a long, suspenseful wait, the man climbed up and out through the space between two cars with the help of police. Paramedics took him out of the station on a stretcher and took him to Bellevue hospital, where his condition is listed as “stable” and “unbelievably lucky.”
Photo courtesy Reidab.
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"disgusting shallow trough". That's more like it. lol
Now on to treating the veritable grab-bag of infections and sicknesses he picked up from his short stint between the rails. Go Whitefish!
That guy should buy some lottery tickets, since it seems to be his lucky day.
I've always wondered about those troughs... some are much deeper than others; I only pray if I ever happen to fall that it's in a station with REALLY DEEP ones!
Sounds like a publicity stunt for Indiana Jones to me.
there is so much piss and rat doody in those troughs, that guy still had a bad day