Broadway Local Posted December 1, 2010 Share #1 Posted December 1, 2010 An East Harlem man was being hailed as a subway hero for pulling a straphanger off the tracks Sunday, saving him from being crushed by a train. Lifesaver Carlos Flores, 36, said a combination of benevolence and not wanting to miss an overtime shift at his grocery store job prompted his derring-do. "I was thinking, if he gets hit I can't go to work. It's Sunday. I can't miss out. It's a time-and-a-half day," Flores told the Daily News. The heroic feat unfolded about 8 a.m. as Flores was waiting for a downtown No. train at a crowded E. 103rd St. station. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/11/29/2010-11-29_brave_local_man_makes_it_to_work_on_time__after_heroically_saving_man_sprawled_o.html#ixzz16s7H3i36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRT Bronx Express Posted December 1, 2010 Share #2 Posted December 1, 2010 Kudos to him. :tup: A 12-9 was avoided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeystoneRegional Posted December 1, 2010 Share #3 Posted December 1, 2010 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrainFanatic Posted December 1, 2010 Share #4 Posted December 1, 2010 "I was thinking, if he gets hit I can't go to work. It's Sunday. I can't miss out. It's a time-and-a-half day," Flores told the Daily News. He couldn't think of a much less ignorant comment to say? Well at least the other guy's ok. So :tup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 1, 2010 Share #5 Posted December 1, 2010 He couldn't think of a much less ignorant comment to say? "Ignorant" has to be one of the most incorrectly used words in the English language. In fact, your use of the word "ignorant" in that sentence is the only ignorance that we have here. Simply put (just in case you were a little confused), his comment was not ignorant at all. His comment was honest and realistic, not "ignorant". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanfortitude Posted December 1, 2010 Share #6 Posted December 1, 2010 Partially selfish is more like it LOL. But anyone who saves a life regardless of the reason deserves a pat on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisliz09 Posted December 1, 2010 Share #7 Posted December 1, 2010 its funny he used the countdown clocks that is working at this station too know how long for the next train and did it in 3 mins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted December 1, 2010 Share #8 Posted December 1, 2010 its funny he used the countdown clocks that is working at this station too know how long for the next train and did it in 3 mins And that clock could have been wrong and both of them would have gotten hit, sending a T/O and possibly the C/R to go piss in a cup.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptown164 Posted December 1, 2010 Share #9 Posted December 1, 2010 why is it when most of the time i hear about someone falling in the tracks its on the Lexington Av lines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted December 1, 2010 Share #10 Posted December 1, 2010 They get too crowded, it my guess. And it's probably true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadcruiser1 Posted December 2, 2010 Share #11 Posted December 2, 2010 Yeah the Lexington Avenue Line is one of the most crowded subway lines in the entire New York City Subway System. That could be one of the main reasons, and you are correct about that. The problem is that this problem won't get any better unless they build the Second Avenue Subway. Which might never happen like we said people have been waiting for one for 80 years, and what is going to make the next 80 years any different. Maybe Second Avenue is never going to exist. Why make the mistake of tearing down the Second and Third Avenue Elevated. You would just have serious overcrowding on the Lexington Avenue Line, and if more people come to live in New York, and with more kids being born these days Lexington Avenue is going to be a nightmare another 50 years from now, and the 12-9's and people falling on the tracks on the Lexington Avenue Line would become more common. Unless if they complete Second Avenue which would never happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrainFanatic Posted December 2, 2010 Share #12 Posted December 2, 2010 "Ignorant" has to be one of the most incorrectly used words in the English language. In fact, your use of the word "ignorant" in that sentence is the only ignorance that we have here. Simply put (just in case you were a little confused), his comment was not ignorant at all. His comment was honest and realistic, not "ignorant". I stand corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4P3607 Posted December 2, 2010 Share #13 Posted December 2, 2010 lets pull out some facts: -Crowded subway platform on Lexington Av line -Guy falls into to tracks because it is very crowded. We Need The ! but Im at least glad that his life was saved. A 12-9 happened on the @ 82 Street about a month ago, a lady dropped her cellphone into the tracks, and went to get it. I was stuck @ Main St for 2 hours. I don't get it people still go into the tracks if they drop stuff in there sometimes even though signs say that "you are risking your life". so stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRT Bronx Express Posted December 2, 2010 Share #14 Posted December 2, 2010 lets pull out some facts:-Guy falls into to tracks because it is very crowded. Looks like you did not read the article because it doesn't mention that the guy fell on the tracks due to a crowded station. Parker said the rescued man, whose name was not immediately released, had apparently fainted. He was taken to Harlem Hospital. "We are glad that everything worked out well this time," said Carmen Bianco, NYC Transit senior vice president for subways, cautioning that "we discourage anyone from jumping to the roadbed." A Fire Department source said the man tumbled onto the tracks after apparently suffering a seizure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptown164 Posted December 2, 2010 Share #15 Posted December 2, 2010 they might have to invest in those platform doors like they have in London and singapore like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTrain Posted December 2, 2010 Share #16 Posted December 2, 2010 Platform screen doors won't be happening anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metsfan Posted December 2, 2010 Share #17 Posted December 2, 2010 Platform barriers will never be successful in the subway or PATH, there's just too much that could go wrong and why spend money on something that could become a death trap. - A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaveragejoe Posted December 2, 2010 Share #18 Posted December 2, 2010 Platform screen doors won't be happening anytime soon. Also to have that you need to have automatic trains for it to work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Law Posted December 3, 2010 Share #19 Posted December 3, 2010 Wasn't the Second Ave Subway to be built with screen doors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted December 3, 2010 Share #20 Posted December 3, 2010 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted December 3, 2010 Share #21 Posted December 3, 2010 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted December 3, 2010 Share #22 Posted December 3, 2010 they might have to invest in those platform doors like they have in London and singapore like this: A lot of people say it's not possible for various reasons, but the fact is there are no leaders willing to invest time, money, and effort into making it happen even after all these preventable deaths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
553 Bridgeton Posted December 3, 2010 Share #23 Posted December 3, 2010 Platform doors here will never work. Imagine platform doors on Lexington Av, on stations like 68th Street....nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptown164 Posted December 3, 2010 Share #24 Posted December 3, 2010 Platform doors here will never work. Imagine platform doors on Lexington Av, on stations like 68th Street....nuff said. There are train stations that have way more riders or issues than any Lexington Av station you can name you ever rode a subway in Japan, Hong Kong, or Singapore. The only reason this wont happen is because of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotb16 Posted December 3, 2010 Share #25 Posted December 3, 2010 Platform doors here will never work. Imagine platform doors on Lexington Av, on stations like 68th Street....nuff said. I can see it now. I see people trying to hold those screen doors trying to catch the train before it's leaving. This would result in trains having to skip stations because the screen doors would have to be repaired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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