2nd New Yorker in 2 Weeks Killed After Being Pushed In Front Of Subway

Dur, they do it easily enough at Disney Land

...all day, every day, every ride ..over and over.... Year after year ...

Sorry to hear about this, it's sad. I seem to remember one or two stations having gate rails along the edge with openings for the subway doors to line up, could have been Long Island Railroad, though, when I was a kid. I always wondered why they were not at every station.

I suppose there would be problems/injuries that could occur from that too, though.

I'm sure Bloomberg is already thinking about some ridiculous "solution" to the issue by restricting liberties for NYC-dwellers. I lost most respect for him as a politician after I read he was thinking of trying to institute a policy in steak restaurants where people could only order a small piece of meat, and there would be workers in the restaurant whose sole job was to watch you chew your steak to make sure it was chewed enough times so you would not choke. That, and instituting mandatory goggles in sushi restaurants so that patrons would not "accidentally" poke out another person's eye with their chopsticks while eating. It could have been a joke, but I read it in several places along with ideas for a soda ban, so I'd tend to think it might have some basis in reality.

I was always a fellow pillar-holder or wall leaner in the subways. I only ventured out to look down the tunnels if nobody was around. You really don't have to do that, anyway. You can usually feel the air being stirred and a slight breeze before the train comes, as it's heading down the tunnel toward the station.

Prayers to the family of the victim, and I hope whoever did this gets some inpatient lifelong treatment, along with lockdown.

The woman seen pushing the victim was seen talking to herself before it happened.

Maybe she just SEEMED to be talking to herself. Demons on the loose?

Shooting in Connecticut, people setting others on fire for no apparent reason, and now this? Hmmm.

is there a way to get out of that situation, maybe putting little dug outs in the platform wall to duck into, its a shame its a complete trap. R.I.P. the poor souls

I can not believe this angle has not been discussed yet:

(Has anyone read the article referenced in the original post?)

The woman was described as heavy-set, about 5'5", wearing a heavy winter coat. And nobody was able to catch her?

Was she a world-class sprinter who just happened to be fat with short legs, wearing bulky clothing?

How did nobody who witnessed her push the man grab her? I find it hard to believe that not a single person went to grab her, or chase her, or kick her legs from behind to trip her, or tackle her, or yell ahead to other people, "STOP THAT WOMAN! SHE JUST PUSHED A MAN TO HIS DEATH! HELP! GRAB HER! IM COMING TO DETAIN HER!"

Seriously, are people, men especially, that impotent today? I guess this is the city where dozens of onlookers & neighbors heard her cries for help as she was stabbed to death on a NYC street. [link to en.wikipedia.org]

How did she get away? I would have definitely chased her down. An overweight, short, middle aged woman is definitely not outrunning the average person.

I would have form-tackled her, pulled her jacket over her head, and twisted her arm behind her back with one hand, while calling (ugh...I know...) the authorities.

Especially since something similar JUST happened!

This makes no sense.

This is all that is needed... it's insane that they don't ALL have them.

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

I can not believe this angle has not been discussed yet:

(Has anyone read the article referenced in the original post?)

The woman was described as heavy-set, about 5'5", wearing a heavy winter coat. And nobody was able to catch her?

Was she a world-class sprinter who just happened to be fat with short legs, wearing bulky clothing?

How did nobody who witnessed her push the man grab her? I find it hard to believe that not a single person went to grab her, or chase her, or kick her legs from behind to trip her, or tackle her, or yell ahead to other people, "STOP THAT WOMAN! SHE JUST PUSHED A MAN TO HIS DEATH! HELP! GRAB HER! IM COMING TO DETAIN HER!"

Seriously, are people, men especially, that impotent today? I guess this is the city where dozens of onlookers & neighbors heard her cries for help as she was stabbed to death on a NYC street. [link to en.wikipedia.org]

How did she get away? I would have definitely chased her down. An overweight, short, middle aged woman is definitely not outrunning the average person.

I would have form-tackled her, pulled her jacket over her head, and twisted her arm behind her back with one hand, while calling (ugh...I know...) the authorities.

Especially since something similar JUST happened!

This makes no sense.

"take the time" to "line the cars up".

You need to get out more.

The subway cars are already standardized. The engineer just pulls up to the designated line and stops there. The doors line up with the openings in the railings. And the railing openings can be extra wide to accommodate any X-factor. Just like disney land. Totally doable.

But it is NYC. Pure retarded evil.

Some places do have similar things to that IIRC.

You're right. Doesn't make sense.
I heard on the radio a guy was saying him and a couple of others chased her but she got away. The news story said that they have a video from a restaurant on the street showing her running past. I haven't had a change to look for it or read much about the story.

Hopefully they'll get her.

I don't think it's possible. The driver would have to take the time to line cars up to holes in rail and people would trample each other trying to get on the train.

If you've ever seen the subway during rush hour you would know why.