You think it should be a crime to stand by and do nothing? The last thing jails need is more over crowding.Poor man, you help until the last possible second. I know it's not a crime to stand by and watch someone else die (at least in the UK where I am) but it should be.
I know it's not a crime to stand by and watch someone else die (at least in the UK where I am) but it should be.
I suppose if he had just laid down flat on the ground he would have survived?
The question you all should be asking yourselves is why do roller coasters have barriers and better safety measures than your subway.
In all likelihood the photographer could have helped. We can't know for sure but that's probable.Seems like most people are missing the fact that Han was drunk, mad, and functionally impaired. Best not to start fights on train platforms in those situations, I'd think. Nothing the photog could have done, you'd be surprised how fast all this happened in real time.
Then use your 90 seconds to signal the train. Or take your sweater off and use it as rope. At the very least just be shocked and don't take pictures.I wouldn't help the guy either if I thought there was a chance he could pull me in with him or that crazy guy who pushed him in the first place is still around.
Photographer said he was trying to use his flash to warn the train driver. Cmon, could have tried harder.
Don't worry guys, just doing my part! *camera snap*
He had time to pull out the camera and get a shot of the train coming in. No excuses allowed here.
Using the flash to stop a train is bullshit.Yea what a joke. Probably lying too.
He thought seeing a bunch of flashing lights directly in his face would get the conductor to go, 'you know, maybe I should STOP THIS TRAIN!'
It's the NYC subway, come on....
Idiot.
Not all tracks in NYC have this much clearance.
Also to the rest of you shitting on the photographer...I wonder if any of you live in NYC. Trains pull in very fast, and the 5 or 10 seconds the guy probably had would certainly not enough to pull up a man over a 5 foot platform. That's almost like blaming the conductor for not stopping in time.
In panic mode people would be waving at the train and pointing at the guy for the train to stop. In logic mode they would be doing the same or trying to get him out somehow.He was snapping his flash to stop the train.
He must have been drunk a hell.Why didn't anyone help him up?
And why didn't the man just run to the opposite end of the station?
What the fuck
Then use your 90 seconds to signal the train. Or take your sweater off and use it as rope. At the very least just be shocked and don't take pictures.
If the reports that he was on the track for over a minute are true, I have zero sympathy for anyone on that platform.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/04/us/new-york-subway-death/index.htmlReached by CNN, Abbasi was adamant that he would talk to the network only for pay.
I don't want to pile on the photographer, but using his camera flash as a way to warn the conductor seems like such a horrible excuse. Does he assume that every train here stops when one of the millions of tourists takes pictures in the subway?
I don't want to pile on the photographer, but using his camera flash as a way to warn the conductor seems like such a horrible excuse. Does he assume that every train here stops when one of the millions of tourists takes pictures in the subway?
I'm pilling on after reading that he won't talk to anyone unless they pay him.
There was an incident here (Singapore) 5 years ago where a woman was pushed onto the train tracks by a deranged boyfriend (after she intiatiated a breakup) and that was what the woman did.
Thankfully we have barriers installed at all stations now (after many suicides and incidents of people accidentally falling in due to fainting spells and what not).
I was always afraid of this happening to me as a kid... being pushed into oncoming traffic, thrown over a bridge, etc. Creepy stuff.
Unfortunately, it's likely this: http://i.imgur.com/50Os8.gif (NMS, NSFW) would've happened if he tried that.
I was always afraid of this happening to me as a kid... being pushed into oncoming traffic, thrown over a bridge, etc. Creepy stuff.
(not video of the incident in this thread)
Edit: Who knows I guess. Terrible either way. I'm surprised no one tried to pull him up. Or he didn't try to run the other way, would that have even worked?
Unfortunately, it's likely this: http://i.imgur.com/50Os8.gif (NMS, NSFW) would've happened if he tried that.
This is why I always stand against a wall when waiting for a train