Twice in three days, men pulled off Blue Line tracks

By adamg on Sat, 05/11/2013 - 7:02pm

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I understand that I can't

By anon on Sat, 05/11/2013 - 8:28pm.

I understand that I can't particularly stop you from posting this picture, but what stands to be gained by showing this? It's really disturbing to me.

The reason to post

By adamg on Sat, 05/11/2013 - 10:58pm.

Is to show what happened. But you're right - it could be a disturbing photo, so I've taken it off the home page and you now have to click a link to see it.

Buck Up

By anon on Sun, 05/12/2013 - 9:15am.

C'mon, that's not a 'disturbing' picture. Do you want what goes on in our world to be perfectly sanitized before the news reaches you?

(I'm the anon that posted

By anon on Mon, 05/13/2013 - 8:59am.

(I'm the anon that posted that first comment.)

I don't particularly care if it's left up or removed, but I just don't see what it adds to the story at all. Granted I have an irrational fear of being pushed onto train tracks exacerbated by those NYC subway situations, I was just pointing out that it's not the best thing to come across on this site.

With the circumstances being

By Elmer on Wed, 05/15/2013 - 10:38pm.

With the circumstances being that the gentleman was not seriously injured, the picture definitely adds to the story; it shows how closely he escaped disaster. I think it could even be a little comforting to someone who is afraid of the subway to know that the worst possible outcomes don't always happen.

Ok

By anon on Sun, 05/12/2013 - 12:11am.

I was one of those guys today before 1 pm. Am I on crack, or is this story about another incident? This picture certainly doesn't reflect wht happened today!

The photo is not from the Saturday incident

By adamg on Sun, 05/12/2013 - 8:05am.

It's from the Thursday incident.