Family Of Woman Killed By Subway "In Shock"

The father of the woman crushed by a 6 train said he was "in shock". Rose Mary Mankos, 48, had been trying to retrieve her gym bag (which contained her ID and cellphone), when it fell onto the tracks; while onlookers yelled for her to lie down, she apparently froze in panic. Mankos, a lawyer who lived in Stuy Town, was remembered as a "lovely person, a superb employee and a good friend" by a former colleague, while a neighbor said, "She definitely was not 100 percent there," though not threatening. Her father said, "I'm 82 years old. I felt like 60 and now I feel like 105. It takes a lot of strength to deal with this, and that's something I don't have right now."

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By Jen Chung in News on March 13, 2010 12:20 PM

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As much as this seems to happen, I think there should be a subway safety class taught in schools. Teach people to either lie down or try and jump up and on the first car. Or run past the end of the platform .