A man was pulled off of the southbound 1 train tracks at the 72nd street subway station around 8:15 a.m. on Wednesday by people on the platform who “risked their own lives” to get the man, a tipster tells us.
Details are still somewhat sketchy, but we’ll check with NYPD. Here’s what our tipster wrote:
“I didn’t see him fall; I heard someone else say he had fallen, not jumped or been pushed. I saw two men lying on the platform pulling him up; one was leaning very far out; I thought he was going to fall himself. Afterward, I heard someone else say that two men jumped down onto the tracks without hesitation to help him, but I didn’t see this myself. The man had a head injury and didn’t get up after he was pulled onto the platform.”
For more everyday hero stories, read about the man who ran into a burning building on 94th street and the man who helped catch a suspected burglar on 76th.
File photo of 72nd street station.
this is what New Yorkers are all about.
Good going bystanders!
Webot was involved in a similar situation years ago on the IRT – 28th street perhaps…
A whole bunch of us without hesitation helped a woman who fell to the tracks. We did not have to go in tracks as she could stand up.
After, I woman came up to me with my bag to give it to me and complement me that I dropped bag and left it without hesitation to help the woman in tracks…
The man’s name was Keith, I couldn’t make out his last name when he told me as his voice was very low. He fainted, fell face first on the tracks and was unconscious for a few seconds. I leaned over the the side of platform and yelled for him to give me his hand a couple of times. When he came to, he reached it out and I pulled him upright. From there 2 other commuters (I do not know who they are) helped pull him up to the platform. The man had a nasty gash alongside his left eye but seemed to be otherwise OK as he knew his name and where he was. That’s the story as I was the one leaning “very far out.”
Keith, wherever you are, hope you’re alright and doing well. I am still in awe at how many people just stood there and watched instead of helping the guy the moment he fell as I had to make my way at least 20 feet down the platform just to get to him…
Chris,
The world needs more people like you!
Just last week, a retired vet saved me–and he did it without hesitation.
We really need more special people like you (and him) in this world.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Nice job, Chris!
“props” to you, Chris!
Well done bystanders!
Everyone please be careful and aware! I so often see people walking on the yellow line and being nearly knocked onto the tracks by people standing by the posts who lean to see if the train is coming.