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Australian commuters tip train cars to rescue man trapped in station gap
National Post (Australia) ^
| 06 August 2014
Posted on 08/06/2014 9:46:17 AM PDT by Lorianne
SYDNEY, Australia — Dozens of people helped rescue a fellow commuter in Australia by pushing against train carriages to free the man whose leg had slipped between the platform and the train.
Closed-circuit footage released by the Western Australia State Public Transport Authority showed the man lost his footing while boarding the train at a station in the city of Perth on Wednesday.
A passenger alerted railway staff who stopped the train from leaving, local media said. When railway workers realized the man was stuck, they called on other passengers to help.
(Video at site)
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:46:17 AM PDT
by
Lorianne
To: Lorianne
That helps restore faith in humanity.
And that glass is strong...
/johnny
To: Lorianne
Saw the video.Amazing.Anyone who's ever taken the Underground in London (or subway systems in various former British colonies) is familiar with the warning “mind the gap”.This guy failed to heed that warning.
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:51:12 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(We're The First Generation Not Forced To Fight To Defend Our Freedom.And It Shows!)
To: Lorianne
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:51:26 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: JRandomFreeper
That helps restore faith in humanity and window glazing.
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:52:01 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Lorianne
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:52:38 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(We're The First Generation Not Forced To Fight To Defend Our Freedom.And It Shows!)
To: driftdiver
That helps restore faith in humanity and window glazing.That occurred to me too.That glass must have been pretty darn strong.
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:53:49 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(We're The First Generation Not Forced To Fight To Defend Our Freedom.And It Shows!)
To: Lorianne
Tippecanoe and subway car too!
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:54:37 AM PDT
by
Flick Lives
("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
To: Gay State Conservative
How much pressure could the average person apply? 50 or 100lbs?
As long as everyone was on a different window it wouldn’t be that much individually. Must be a light train though.
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posted on
08/06/2014 9:55:29 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Lorianne
I saw the video it was cool.
How in the world does he thank anonymous strangers? By helping others, I guess.
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posted on
08/06/2014 10:00:07 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Lorianne
Manly bunch, those Aussies...
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posted on
08/06/2014 10:16:10 AM PDT
by
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posted on
08/06/2014 10:17:02 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Lorianne; All
looking @ the train movement, looks like it (the train) moved/tilted under 8".
the good thing, is it was assembled very efficiently.
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posted on
08/06/2014 11:34:47 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a weapon...0'Mullah / "Rustler" 0'Reid? d8-)
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