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NJ Transit Cop Drags Man From Tracks Seconds Before Arriving Train
nbc newyork ^ | 29 Aug 2016

Posted on 08/29/2016 10:24:14 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

A New Jersey Transit police officer spotted a man lying on the railroad tracks in Secaucus and managed to pull him to safety mere seconds before a train arrived.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnewyork.com ...


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KEYWORDS: commute; green; newjersey; nickoftime; njtransit; police; train
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Wow!!!
1 posted on 08/29/2016 10:24:14 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

ATEMPTED SUICIDE, OR MURDER WHICH WAS IT MEANT TO BE??


2 posted on 08/29/2016 10:34:04 AM PDT by midlander
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Really... looked like less than 2 seconds from certain death.


3 posted on 08/29/2016 10:34:34 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The criminal may not be grateful, but I bet the train driver is.


4 posted on 08/29/2016 10:35:47 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

Wow. Great story. From about Rahway into NYC it’s is a sewer on that train.


5 posted on 08/29/2016 10:56:55 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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To: PAR35

Kaepernick must be outraged. In Kaepernickland all cops sit on a bench and watch the guy get run over by a train.


6 posted on 08/29/2016 10:58:20 AM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: PAR35

It was fascinating to learn that if one drives trains for a living in metropolitan areas, one is almost assured of killing someone during his/her career.

I had no idea so many people were hopping in front of trains in our country!

7 posted on 08/29/2016 11:12:20 AM PDT by Blue Jays
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To: DUMBGRUNT


8 posted on 08/29/2016 11:20:30 AM PDT by ETL (God PLEASE help America...Never Hillary!)
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To: PAR35

“I bet the train driver is”

And the NTSB.
And the police.
And the insurance companies.
And the clean-up crews.
And...


9 posted on 08/29/2016 11:21:30 AM PDT by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: ETL

He looks like a no-nonsense go-getter type.


10 posted on 08/29/2016 11:57:23 AM PDT by bicyclerepair (Ft. Lauderdale FL (zombie land). TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
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To: bicyclerepair

His name is Victor Ortiz. I forgot to add it beneath the photo.


11 posted on 08/29/2016 12:00:54 PM PDT by ETL (God PLEASE help America...Never Hillary!)
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To: carriage_hill

And every computer in the flow for hours behind!

I was on a commuter train and a train or two in front of us was involved in an accident.

We sat forever!
Many called for a cab to pick them up on a nearby surface street, The west side of Chicongo! Not a nice area!!!

It was in the winter, much safer than summer!


12 posted on 08/29/2016 12:05:25 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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To: ETL

Is that a cone head? A hittite?

Obviously some form of minority.


13 posted on 08/29/2016 12:07:50 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Commuter,commuter,commuter...


14 posted on 08/29/2016 12:09:53 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

There is a Chinese proverb, “If you save a life, you responsible for that life.” Welcome to the family!


15 posted on 08/29/2016 12:10:03 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (#NeverTrumpers: "commercial self-interest masquerading as ideological purity")
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Who, the hero transit officer?


16 posted on 08/29/2016 12:13:46 PM PDT by ETL (God PLEASE help America...Never Hillary!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I rode NJT/ConRail/Amtrak for years in the 70s/80s, from Princeton to north into NYC, and if anything stopped, the back-ups and delays were massive until they could get re-routing done. We’d usually just catch a southbound train and go home for the day.


17 posted on 08/29/2016 12:17:24 PM PDT by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: lodi90

Nah! In Kaepernickland, the cops pushed him onto the tracks for fun.


18 posted on 08/29/2016 12:21:06 PM PDT by Renkluaf
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To: ETL

The one with the round black head.


19 posted on 08/29/2016 1:03:35 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Oh, lol!


20 posted on 08/29/2016 1:05:10 PM PDT by ETL (God PLEASE help America...Never Hillary!)
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