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GarysCrispLettuce t1_j11lwot wrote

NY Post is garbage, the Daily News is marginally better and as usual they have the more detailed take. No mention of a suicide attempt, it appears the man was trying to help a woman who had slipped between cars whilst the train was in the station, and he couldn't get back up in time before the train moved and he ended up wedged between the train and the platform. She was obviously still under the train and was also killed. This was an absolutely horrific occurrence.

Personally I think it's fucking ridiculous that unspeakably horrible shit like this is still able to happen in the New York subway in 2022. Firstly, are you telling me that nobody else on that train or on the platform at 10:30am in a busy Manhattan station noticed that something was going on between cars, and informed the conductor? Secondly, trains should not be able to proceed when there are people on the tracks. The technology has existed for years.

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Rottimer t1_j12sakq wrote

By the way folks - THIS is the appropriate scenario to pull the emergency brake. If he saw her slip in between the cars, the FIRST thing he should have done was pull the emergency break, then attempt to help her.

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thegameksk t1_j188pmx wrote

They tried using that tech with lines like the L that self drive. Problem is the rats. So the trains wouldn't move at all.

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