Drunken Man Electrocuted to Death on NYC Subway (Video is Graphic) Dont watch if you dont want to see it!

All these enraged replies for the bystanders to "push the cut-off button".

Clearly they didn't know there's a cut-off switch or they would have hit it. I didn't know there was one until reading this thread.

Don't get pissed at folks who obviously wanted to help but didn't know what to do.

I'm glad to know now that such a switch exists and will be looking for it whenever I'm at the subway in case of emergency.

Thanks for pointing that out.

I've never seen the switch either. You would think it would have huge arrows and multiple languages around it or something to draw attention.

What, are you blind?

HE FELL BACKWARDS INTO THE THIRD RAIL.

THIS IS BECAUSE HE WAS TOO DRUNK TO WALK. PROBABLY HOW HE ENDED UP DOWN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

If you've never been drunk enough to have trouble walking, you're either extraordinarily lucky or have lead an extremely dull life.

This was NOT a suicide. Who the fuck stumbles and trips into something on purpose?

And your point is invalid; even if the power cut is only effective for a few minutes, which you've merely speculated here, DID YOU SEE ANYONE TRY? DID YOU SEE IT GO OFF FOR EVEN A MINUTE? Don't be a total dumbass, there is absolutely no reason why one of those gawking witnesses couldn't have run for a cutoff switch, an operator, the intercom, or any of the OTHER expensive shit they put into subways to keep this kind of thing from happening.

There is no excuse for this degree of inaction and sheer uselessness from the witnesses involved, period. Trains have been known to derail on bodies, they're also equally responsible for the lives of the people ON THE NEXT TRAIN.

It doesn't. But each platform has one.

I've explained as best I can how most peoples non-reaction in traumatic situations goes.

As for the power off button on the platform, it IS only cut for a few minutes from that switch. It's not speculation. Permanent power has to be cut from a central location, on authority from Police, Fire, EMS, Transit Wokers, etc.

This individual was a homeless psycho, as many of them are, intermittently dangerous, psychotic, etc. Unpredictable.


"Who the fuck stumbles and trips into something on purpose"?

A psycho, which NYC is full of. Has been since they emptied out the insane asylums, decades ago. Now they give them some pills, and throw them back on the street.

Like I said; he made his decision, it's on him.

Not ONE of those stupid fucking witnesses went to the power cutoff button, tried the help intercom, or went up to the ticket booths to have someone cut the power?

FUCKING IDIOTS.

Go ahead and say he was drunk/homeless/crazy/whatthefuckever. The point still remains there's a goddamn body on the tracks and shit needs to be shut down.

There's nothing I hate more than useless little shits who just stand around and scream.

coming from a German hahaha, doesn't suprise me...we inherited all your psychos after ww2, but anyway so your saying..
A drunk man stumbles and falls
Bystanders stand and watch for several minutes, you know the smell had to be getting to them...yet no one initially cuts power, runs to get authority, or even calls out for help.
And the drunk guy is the psycho?
Riiiiiiight

Do not touch someone that is being electrocuted lest you want to be electrocuted too. It's better to hit them with a wooden object or something to get them off of whatever is electrocuting them.

Not ONE of those stupid fucking witnesses went to the power cutoff button, tried the help intercom, or went up to the ticket booths to have someone cut the power?

FUCKING IDIOTS.

Go ahead and say he was drunk/homeless/crazy/whatthefuckever. The point still remains there's a goddamn body on the tracks and shit needs to be shut down.

There's nothing I hate more than useless little shits who just stand around and scream.

We don't know what byststanders did or didn't try to do, outside of the limited camera scope.

We don't know if he was drunk or on whatever drugs until a toxicology test is done.

We have already established that many people do not know where the off switch is on the platform.

And FYI, most Germans emigrated to the US long before WW2. Just sayin.

They were probably put in back when transit systems could actually afford staff to know where the thing was and push it.

I should have quoted the person who originally said it, but there is no "button" accessible to the public, you think they want every whack job down there shutting down rail lines? Use some common sense people.

It's there, but no staff are on the platforms.

The thing about the 3rd rail is, it is not constantly flowing with juice. It runs in sections; each section is not constantly on.

This guy just hit it at the moment it certainly was on.

And don't try the "piece of wood" trick, as another poster advised, unless you want your ass knocked back about 20 feet.

Wood isn't a great conductor of electricity, but with enough amps, the juice IS going somewhere.

Once this guy guy touched that rail, forget it, Let the pro's handle it from there.

It's there, but no staff are on the platforms.

The thing about the 3rd rail is, it is not constantly flowing with juice. It runs in sections; each section is not constantly on.

This guy just hit it at the moment it certainly was on.

And don't try the "piece of wood" trick, as another poster advised, unless you want your ass knocked back about 20 feet.

Wood isn't a great conductor of electricity, but with enough amps, the juice IS going somewhere.

Once this guy guy touched that rail, forget it, Let the pro's handle it from there.

And this is why people would have no clue it's there. It's absolutley there, as a safety measure, for someone who falls onto the tracks.

Research it if you want.

Okay, you need to stop talking because you haven't gotten it right yet, power is constantly running through the third rail, what the hell do you think powers the train? The third rail is connected all over NYC, there is NO shut off "button" accessible to the public.

Each and every subway station has at least one power cutoff button.

Here in Toronto, we have them at either end of the platforms, DWAs (fixed camera'd areas with direct cc and intercom to station management) every 40 feet or so. You slam the intercom button and yell "cut power, man on tracks" and they're trained to do so.

Yes, the subway system is hooked to the grid, but EACH INDIVIDUAL TRACK SECTION can be controlled. What, you don;t think these systems are computerized? They just draw juice and go? NoooOoOooo.

Also, OF COURSE they let just anyone hit the emergency shutoff buttons. They have them in the subway cars too, every 10 goddamn feet, and they're bright yellow. If you hit an emergency stop for ANYTHING but an emergency, they fine you and jail you. That's why every other jackass doesn't do it, because every other jackass would be in jail by now.

Go to fucking NYC, we are not talking about Toronto, NYC is chock-o-block full of hoodlums who don't give a shit, they jump turnstyles and run rampant in the subway, stick to what you know.

Go to fucking NYC, we are not talking about Toronto, NYC is chock-o-block full of hoodlums who don't give a shit, they jump turnstyles and run rampant in the subway, stick to what you know.

Yes, NYC is full of hoodlums, who do pull the emergency brake inside the train from time to time.

These brakes then have to be reset by the conductor or motorman.

Yes, NYC is full of hoodlums, who do pull the emergency brake inside the train from time to time.

These brakes then have to be reset by the conductor or motorman.

Each and every subway station has at least one power cutoff button.

Here in Toronto, we have them at either end of the platforms, DWAs (fixed camera'd areas with direct cc and intercom to station management) every 40 feet or so. You slam the intercom button and yell "cut power, man on tracks" and they're trained to do so.

Yes, the subway system is hooked to the grid, but EACH INDIVIDUAL TRACK SECTION can be controlled. What, you don;t think these systems are computerized? They just draw juice and go? NoooOoOooo.

Also, OF COURSE they let just anyone hit the emergency shutoff buttons. They have them in the subway cars too, every 10 goddamn feet, and they're bright yellow. If you hit an emergency stop for ANYTHING but an emergency, they fine you and jail you. That's why every other jackass doesn't do it, because every other jackass would be in jail by now.

brake; if pulled, the entire train goes BIE (Brakes In Emergency), same as if the train passed a steady red signal.



Oh, here you go.

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