[shyguy]

damn he didnt even get to see who did it

[VileMuse]

i wanna know the story behind the first one

[jbell0129]

fucked up like none other. seriously

[minka1]

This is why I stand with my back against the wall. I don't have to be 1st on the train. I trust NO ONE.

[JoeS1981]

Is the first video the one of the new York city guy being pushed that was all over the news?

[minka1]

Dude makes good points.

Bill Albany, NY
The 52nd St platform is less than 10 feet wide. How can commuters walk safely on such narrow platforms? Since NYC cannot change platforms, should trains operate at slower speed limits or could surveillance systems make trains approach narrow platforms more cautiously? Here are a couple of specific thoughts on this incident:

1. If you fall in front of a train, lie flat in the 9” deep gutter b/t the rails. It might be filthy, but better to get dirty and survive a fall on the tracks than to try to jump back to the platform in front of a 30MPH train and not make it.

2. Schizophrenia is bad in cities but it makes NO SENSE to confront a schizophrenic. It’s not clear that the victim made this mistake or not, but best advice is give a wide berth to angry people and others who are possibly schizophrenic.

3. Technology helps. College campuses have a "blue phones" to contact campus security. Cities had "fire alarms". Technology is cheap and easy. Why not have "blue phones" at two locations on every platform where commuters can report a person on the track or other hazardous situation so the conductor of approaching trains, stationmasters and transit police can be alerted?? Surveillance cameras could be activated and "false alarms" could be dealt with. A relatively inexpensive way to upgrade the operational safety of the MTA?

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...witnesses-say/

[SiobhanOLS]

Originally Posted by playwithursoul ↗

I'm not gonna lie, I've seen a few acts of suicide first hand...

How in the world have you been there for one act of suicide, much less "a few". That sounds unbelievable. And I mean it in the strictest meaning of the word as in: I don't believe you.

[Darkest Angel]

Originally Posted by minka1 ↗

Dude makes good points.

Bill Albany, NY
The 52nd St platform is less than 10 feet wide. How can commuters walk safely on such narrow platforms? Since NYC cannot change platforms, should trains operate at slower speed limits or could surveillance systems make trains approach narrow platforms more cautiously? Here are a couple of specific thoughts on this incident:

1. If you fall in front of a train, lie flat in the 9” deep gutter b/t the rails. It might be filthy, but better to get dirty and survive a fall on the tracks than to try to jump back to the platform in front of a 30MPH train and not make it.

2. Schizophrenia is bad in cities but it makes NO SENSE to confront a schizophrenic. It’s not clear that the victim made this mistake or not, but best advice is give a wide berth to angry people and others who are possibly schizophrenic.

3. Technology helps. College campuses have a "blue phones" to contact campus security. Cities had "fire alarms". Technology is cheap and easy. Why not have "blue phones" at two locations on every platform where commuters can report a person on the track or other hazardous situation so the conductor of approaching trains, stationmasters and transit police can be alerted?? Surveillance cameras could be activated and "false alarms" could be dealt with. A relatively inexpensive way to upgrade the operational safety of the MTA?

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...witnesses-say/

Very good points. Also, the trains could begin slowing well BEFORE reaching the platform. Commuters would have to adjust their schedules for slower speeds but lives would be saved.