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Man pushed to his death under train in Queens
The New York Times ^ | 12/27/12

Posted on 12/27/2012 8:08:24 PM PST by Baynative

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To: Spunky
Yeah, man you see guys
walking down the street
pushing shopping carts
and you think they're talking to allah,
they're talking to themself.
Man, no they're talking to ELVIS!
ELVIS! ELVIS!

Mojo Nixon - Elvis is everywhere

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_hkIN38qnY

41 posted on 12/27/2012 9:32:58 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

If it’s rush hour and you stand against the wall, you’ll never get on the train. Sometimes there’s only room for two or three more people on the train, so that’s why people stand near the edge. They want to get to work on time.


42 posted on 12/27/2012 9:38:01 PM PST by firebrand
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To: matt04
What is going in in NYC. I have never heard of incidents like this in other major cities with subway systems.

I remember one of these in Phila, probably around 20 or 25 years ago. I used to commute by train there all the time, and that incident taught me to always be aware when I'm on the platform.

43 posted on 12/27/2012 9:38:01 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Baynative
Forty years ago my Aunt and Uncle, both Blind, rode the Subways without incident.

One time my Uncle, who could only see shadowy movement, ventured too close to the end of the Platform with my his Wife, who is completely Blind, right behind him.

My Uncle tumbled on the tracks, letting go of my Aunt’s hand before she followed him off the edge. She knew what happened, don’t know how, but she knew and started screaming for help.

In an instant, two MEN jumped in after him and lifted him back onto the Platform, saving his life. I shudder to think what would have happened to my Uncle in today’s Society.

44 posted on 12/27/2012 9:55:06 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (I don't Trust a Government that doesn't Trust me. How about you Comrade?)
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To: Baynative

Years ago on a Bill Cosby album there was a story titled “A Nut In Every Car”. He was talking about the NYC subway system. Youtube I think has it LOL.


45 posted on 12/27/2012 10:04:25 PM PST by cva66snipe (Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
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To: Baynative

Again? What a horrific way to die! Prayers for his loved ones.


46 posted on 12/27/2012 10:09:07 PM PST by Pinkbell
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To: Baynative

The Hispanic woman who did this acts like someone crazed on drugs.


47 posted on 12/27/2012 10:16:16 PM PST by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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To: cva66snipe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0TsOAhn8IY


49 posted on 12/27/2012 10:31:28 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: 4Runner

What I don’t understand, the more heinous the crime the more
likely the suspect will be judged insane and sent to some
asylum. To me if he/she is able to do a crime, they must
have a working brain. They are the most dangerous of all
criminals. They should be the first to be put to sleep.


50 posted on 12/27/2012 10:38:46 PM PST by cliff630
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To: matt04

It happens in Toronto occasionally, IIRC the last such incident was about 20 years ago. Same scenario- a mentally disturbed individual shoved a woman without warning. Fortunately there was no train and she got away OK.


51 posted on 12/27/2012 10:57:00 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)
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To: Individual Rights in NJ

How dare you speak about my mother that way! She has just as much right to be in Union Square as you do.


52 posted on 12/27/2012 11:33:03 PM PST by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: Individual Rights in NJ

How dare you speak about my mother that way! She has just as much right to be in Union Square as you do.


53 posted on 12/27/2012 11:33:20 PM PST by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: Baynative
Bloomberg , Obama and Fienstein and other democrats should also ban the ground as 1000’s of Americans fall on the hard ground and die each year( that's more than are killed by mass shooters who are seeking the fame and immortality the media gives them). All people should now crawl as standing might cause falling /s
54 posted on 12/28/2012 12:23:08 AM PST by Democrat_media (media makes mass shooters household names to create more & take our guns)
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To: Baynative

“If only one life can be saved.....”


55 posted on 12/28/2012 4:14:31 AM PST by Lockbar (Quality factory loaded ammunition ---- The New Gold)
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To: Baynative

on a serious note, is this because of the release of many mental asylum people in the 80s?


56 posted on 12/28/2012 4:14:58 AM PST by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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To: Go Gordon; Mears; Individual Rights in NJ; tflabo; BluH2o; Beowulf9
in Hong Kong and Japan, due to the number of suicides, they have glass walls that separate the platform from the tracks until the train comes in -- the doors in the glass walls exactly match the doors of the train and these open simultaneously.

I think in the 80s there was a general release of mental asylum folks and now most are just sent home with meds unless they are "violent" -- and that seems to be unless they kill..

57 posted on 12/28/2012 4:25:00 AM PST by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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To: Baynative
Isn't it time for the Democrat party to do something about mental illness in this country? How many more people have to die?
58 posted on 12/28/2012 4:27:30 AM PST by Vision (Obama is king of the "Takers." Don't be a "Taker.")
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To: Cronos
It all started here: JFK's Community Mental Health Act of 1963
59 posted on 12/28/2012 5:22:55 AM PST by NonValueAdded (If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, you've likely misread the situation.)
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To: Beowulf9
If it’s rush hour and you stand against the wall, you’ll never get on the train...

I don't live or work in NYC so few of my subway trips are during rush hour.But I would think that standing away and then approaching...cautiously...as the train is slowing to a stop would be a plan.

My basic attitude toward NYC was nicely summed up by Lilly Tomlin on Saturday Night Live..."New York is always knowing where your purse is".

60 posted on 12/28/2012 5:50:22 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (When Robbing Peter To Pay Paul,One Can Always Count On Paul's Cooperation)
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