Posted on 12/05/2012 7:49:33 AM PST by Cronos
The question of the day in New York City on Tuesday what would you do? rode on a wave of outrage over a harrowing act the day before. A clearly agitated man pushed a 58-year-old stranger onto the track of an oncoming subway train in Midtown Manhattan.
The man, Ki-Suck Han of Elmhurst, Queens, was struck and killed.
... One law enforcement official said that the suspect, originally from Africa, Naeem Davis was a peddler and was on the street working when he was taken into custody. The official said that detectives were trying to determine a motive.
..The freelance photographer who took the pictures, R. Umar Abbasi, defended his actions in an interview. Im being unfairly beaten up in the press, he said at his apartment...
Mr. Abbasi said he was wearing a 20-odd pound backpack of camera gear for an assignment, and was standing near the 47th Street entrance to the platform when he saw the man fall on the tracks. Nobody helped, he said. People started running away.
I saw the lights in the distance, signaling a subways approach, he said, so he started firing off flashes on the camera 49 times in all, he said as a means of warning the driver.
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So that, when coming out of a dark tunnel, you can dilate their pupils and they won't see what you're trying to warn them about?
As I think about what was probably going on during the scene, especially how fast those trains pull in, I'm surprised anyone thought to do anything.
That makes sense.
The NY subway system is 100 years old and the city has spent money that should have gone to maintenance on social programs.
Which politician will get elected?
The one who will build a new stadium or the one who pledges to fix the sewer system?
Exactly.
They should pass a law making it illegal to push people off of subway platforms.
We’ll need to set up a commission to study subway incidents, first.
Then negotiate pay and benefits packages for the commissioners.
Since this happened in New York the appropriate union must be involved. Antonio (knuckles) Graziano has already voiced an interest in unionizing commission employees
No one wanted to become the next “Subway Vigilante”, thanks MSM. Thanks Cronos.
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