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

so sad to see a human being fried to a crisp , because the transit cant afford to put some protection in place, i mean this may go viral and stun enough people to finally do something along those lines, rip my fellow human , rip/.

Or in this case, stand around and video the fucking thing, so the world can witness their incompetence.

I see this thread somehow got pinned again. I buggered off on page 8 or something because it was one giant stalemate.

And nothing has changed, idiots are still posting statements that were proven wrong pages ago. Nobody acknowledges anyone else's information.

I'm glad I haven't been following this closely, because the less often I'm here, the less often I have to repeat myself.

SO lets go over a few established facts, so the morons just tuning in now don't embarrass themselves.

Allow me to sum up-

* All subway station platforms have emergency power cut switches. If you debate this, you are a moron. It is a necessary safety control for track operations and maintenance. They may not always be clearly marked but they are always there. In most subway systems, they are clearly marked so anyone can use them in an emergency.

* There is ONE article on Gothamist, where MTA claimed the emergency shutoff was "inaccessible". HOWEVER, every other article on the incident describes the station clerk as having to run to and activate the switch himself. They even describe where he had to run to the end of the platform and into the tunnel a few feet to find it. And if he didn't throw the switch, who did? Infidel, if you're still crapping up this forum, I'll link you those articles.

* NYC does NOT advertise these power cutoff switches because they do not want people fucking with them. Sucks to be a New Yorker, since most other subway systems have them clearly marked.

* The reason OTHER subway systems can have emergency power cutoffs that anyone can access, and don't have them abused every day, is because they are punishable by heavy fines and imprisonment. If you abuse the emergency shutoff, they find you on camera, lock down the station so you can't leave, and throw you in jail. That is why we have clearly marked power cut boxes in Toronto, but nobody fucks with them. We can also somehow afford to put cameras on them.

* They are generally located on the inside wall of the subway tunnel, usually 1-3 feet from where the platform ends. Good subways have them ON the platform and clearly marked so people can get at them.

* REGARDLESS of where the power cut switches are located, EVERYONE should know where they are. YOU DO NOW!! FUCKING REMEMBER IT!! What if it was an old lady with a motorized wheelchair who fell on the tracks? Shit could derail a train and take out the whole goddamn platform.

As usual, everyone is partly right and mostly wrong.

i'm in that subway station almost every day...and nothing much happens.

i've been riding the NY subway for over 30 years, and if there's a third rail cutoff button it's news to me. as far as i know they can only shut sections of it off from inside a locked room...it's not like an escalator, that anyone can shut off with a button.

And what would they do?

stand around with a moby and make a viral youtube... that's pretty much it.....

youre just assuming he has victims??


gotta live these internet hardmen. fucking knobs

hmmm...I think having this thread on here has not only shown the highly strung people and rude people up but also perhaps HOPEFULLY made everyone else think about what they would do... how they would react in an emergency.

Some people might even research how to deal with electrocution... how to deal with an emergency in a subway etc etc..

It is a macabre subject... the video was gruesome (I didn't watch it) but it is sadly part of life.... :o(

I was sad about it but I certainly did not get any morbid satisfaction from it. It brings back memories I don't want... and no one needs.

I think what it does do is highlight the fact that WE ALL NEED TO be preppers in more than just having bottled water and a tent... prep for emergency care too....

Mishka xxx

How do YOU know that people didn't go for help? Did you watch the actions of the hundreds of people who were on the platforms, or did you just observe the victim and the few people within camera range?

You have no right to say that "no one did anything but gawp" because you could not see what was going on behind or to the left of the person with the camera.

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OK calm down... have you not read my posts. I have said time and time again that I HAVE NOT WATCHED IT!!

I have also said time and again that none of us know what REALLY happened as the video started and ended when the camera man felt like it... we don't know what REALLY happened.

And as far as I know I have every right to say anything I please unless the GLP rules have changed.

Don't be angry with ME... I wasn't the one who filmed this to get YouTube hits!

Mishka xx

Lighten up Francis.

You are mostly wrong. Just shut up because you have no clue what you're talking about.

So where is the button oh wise one? I've never been on the subway, so I for one would not know. I would have pulled him out before he hit the 3rd rail, however...that I know.

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all RANTING ABOUT THIS SWITCH are the biggest bunch of assholes ever CREATED.
and where do YOU THINK THE SWITCH IS ?
accessible to the PUBLIC ?
right there on the PLATFORM ?? stating HIT ME when there's an emergency.
or IS IT BY THE STAIRS ?

oooooooh wait a minute---some KLOWN STATES IT'S UP FRONT and OF COURSE THIS MUST BE TRUE.

ASSHOLES.

it's NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC and you'd have to be a fktard IF YOU CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHY......
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using common sense, and todays technology why not have a VERY prominent 'smash in case of emergency' that alerts on coming drivers or emergency crew as to someone on the track... albeit with a hefty fine and a camera covering it in case of fraud?... they do it on the streets....

Yes, It's likely someone did go up for help.

I used that station years ago, and that particular station is a long ways down from the street, and underneath another crossing train line, it might take two minutes just to walk up.

Exactly! They have escalators and elevators in that station besides steps because it's HUGE!

This is the station....
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and still people don't read the WHOLE thread before jumping up and down with the bitch stick..

I give up.

Sometimes the trash takes itself out.

Yes, that's it, the electrocution happened on the lower level orange line, and I was unaware it was targeted for an attack in 2004.

RIP MY BROTHER , MAY YOU FIND PEACE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD IF HE HAS ALLOWED TO TO ENTER , HOPE YOU MADE PEACE WITH HIM BEFORE YOUR TRAGIC DEMISE.

Just as sad are the dumbfucks yelling at him to move after he hit the tracks. Guy was dead the second he touched the tracks.

Hmmm....I wasn't aware of the planned attack either, and I spent a week in the city during the RNC convention in 2004 as a volunteer. I rode the PATH and subways all week before attending the convention on Thursday.

oh why didn't someone pull him up, murderers!!!!



keeeerist idiot.


I worked for a company in Kali and in a division where I worked with a LOT of people trained what to do and what NOT to do around high power.


Two guys were working on a power sub-station. One fell through some rotted plywood and got electricuted.

The other one, forgetting all his training to save his buddy, tried to get him out.

He too died.


You don't mess with high voltage - it is more powerful than you - you will die.