Sea Beach Posted June 17, 2010 Share #1 Posted June 17, 2010 http://www.wpix.com/videobeta/0150c21e-b805-47ea-bfe5-eb744a9fbb2f/News/Man-Trapped-By-D-Train SOHO, N.Y. (WPIX) - In video first obtained by the PIX 11 Morning News, a man who accidentally stepped into the gap between the subway car and the platform had his leg trapped and brutally twisted after the train moved a short distance, dragging him in front of horrified onlookers. A PIX News viewer sent in cell phone footage of the gruesome accident, which happened just after midnight Thursday as a D train prepared to pull out of Grand St. Station in Lower Manhattan. The man was taken to Bellevue Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The incident highlights a danger that has been a problem with several of the Metropolitan Transit Authority's stations. In January, MTA officials found that the plans for the new South Ferry subway station included a gap between train and platform that was an inch larger than the maximum size mandated by federal regulations. The opening of the South Ferry station was delayed and the cost of fixing the mistake was estimated to be $200,000. Critics point out that signs informing riders to "mind the gap" cannot prevent accidents during rush hour when platforms are crowded and riders are often jostled and have a difficult time looking down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted June 17, 2010 Share #2 Posted June 17, 2010 How in the hell, that gap isnt even that big!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted June 17, 2010 Share #3 Posted June 17, 2010 I hate to say it, but I think the C/R will go down for this one. Had the guy fallen all the way down to the road bed, it might be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messino Posted June 17, 2010 Share #4 Posted June 17, 2010 What a douche.. He was probably drunk or just naturally stupid.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Louis Car 09 Posted June 17, 2010 Share #5 Posted June 17, 2010 How in the hell u walk into a gap?And who in the hell would record something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted June 17, 2010 Share #6 Posted June 17, 2010 What should be mentioned is that this is one of the very RARE instances in which it is perfectly justifiable to pull the emergency brake cord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted June 17, 2010 Share #7 Posted June 17, 2010 My assumption is that he didnt even walk to the door. The gap between the train (not the door) and the platform is a tad bit wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Louis Car 09 Posted June 17, 2010 Share #8 Posted June 17, 2010 What should be mentioned is that this is one of the very RARE instances in which it is perfectly justifiable to pull the emergency brake cord.IAWTP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTR Admiralty Posted June 17, 2010 Share #9 Posted June 17, 2010 It makes me wonder if any of this was actually intentional. Why would anyone, in full consciousness, step into a gap as wide as that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeesPwnMets Posted June 17, 2010 Share #10 Posted June 17, 2010 It looked like the gap between the door and platform, and how does your foot get stuck in something that small? I use the Grand St station 2nd most to East Broadway and I never see the gap big enough for someone to fall in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metsfan Posted June 18, 2010 Share #11 Posted June 18, 2010 I nominate this person for genius of the year. They figured out how to do something no one else has done, slip between the 1-3 inch gap between the door sill and the rubbing boards. - A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMATA Posted June 18, 2010 Share #12 Posted June 18, 2010 How in the hell u walk into a gap? And who in the hell would record something like that? My thoughts exactly. The person recording it is a bigger douche. The guy is in agony FFS! I remember many years ago when I was about 5 or 6...I was in Metro Center in DC getting ready to board a blue or orange line train with my mom. My foot somehow got stuck in the gap between the train and platform. Luckily, my mom found a Metro employee who told the T/O not to pull off. Seeing this story just brings back bad memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamousNYLover Posted June 18, 2010 Share #13 Posted June 18, 2010 That so terrible and I agree. 14th St-Union Sq has platform gap filter, while 42nd St has sign, well as 10th Mark Place on Times Sq-bound platform at Hunters Point Av. These are only places that has gap. I have used Grand St Station when we go to Chinese dentist. No one can fall into gap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted June 18, 2010 Share #14 Posted June 18, 2010 How in the hell u walk into a gap?And who in the hell would record something like that? This is one reason why I hate how easy it is to take pics/vids these days because of people like that. They should be using the phone to get help, not take a vid of a person in pain. As for the platforms, there's like no curves on it, the person has to be either drunk or a f'in idiot to have fallen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted June 18, 2010 Share #15 Posted June 18, 2010 Well i guess photography underground maybe come dead some day when the adds platform screen doors across the system. If this ever happens.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted June 18, 2010 Share #16 Posted June 18, 2010 Doubtful, unless they were to make all platforms strait and pony up the money and resources to make sure the doors aren't stuck and vandalized. It's 'cheaper' to leave things as is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted June 18, 2010 Share #17 Posted June 18, 2010 My thoughts exactly. The person recording it is a bigger douche. The guy is in agony FFS! I remember many years ago when I was about 5 or 6...I was in Metro Center in DC getting ready to board a blue or orange line train with my mom. My foot somehow got stuck in the gap between the train and platform. Luckily, my mom found a Metro employee who told the T/O not to pull off. Seeing this story just brings back bad memories. Good to hear that you're okay. People are indifferent for the most part until stuff like that actually happens and then it tears you up inside pretty much forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutgers Tube Posted June 18, 2010 Share #18 Posted June 18, 2010 I've long thought that Grand Street is a prime location for someone to get inadvertently bumped into or accidentally knocked down onto the trackbed, especially on a lively, touristy Saturday night, with those narrow-ass platforms. Never before have I seen so much confusion and chaos crammed onto a space barely wider than a diving board. I'm wondering if this clown was right at the platform edge as the train came to a stop, and as the train swayed from side to side he managed to get his shit wedged in between the platform and the railcar. Which leads to my question: does anyone know if there is a sway tolerance that would require a train O.S.'ed the acceptable limit was surpassed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATCOman Posted June 18, 2010 Share #19 Posted June 18, 2010 There should not be any signs to watch the gap. It should be common sense, even at stations like 14 Street Union Square and East Tremont Avenue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted June 18, 2010 Share #20 Posted June 18, 2010 There should not be any signs to watch the gap. It should be common sense, even at stations like 14 Street Union Square and East Tremont Avenue Common sense is becoming so rare that it is no longer worthy of the name "common" sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Louis Car 09 Posted June 18, 2010 Share #21 Posted June 18, 2010 Common sense is becoming so rare that it is no longer worthy of the name "common" sense. Common sense is being replaced by common senseless:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted June 18, 2010 Share #22 Posted June 18, 2010 I heard someone else say this: common sense has gone the way of AMUE equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NX Express Posted June 18, 2010 Share #23 Posted June 18, 2010 There should not be any signs to watch the gap. It should be common sense, even at stations like 14 Street Union Square and East Tremont Avenue Then people would sue the MTA faster than you can count to 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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