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bobosmitorAug 14, 2010
That would freak me out.
ninjagamesAug 14, 2010
wow. When you wake up in the morning you never know at which point of the day you will run into a lunatic
StrutThatAssAug 14, 2010
The lunatic does not have this problem.
fuse13Aug 14, 2010
wow. When you wake up in the morning you never know at which point of the day you will turn into a lunatic
drew101Aug 14, 2010
dugg for "crazed sraphanger"
cglassAug 14, 2010
.------------ I believe you dropped this
(>o.o)>T
maybemableAug 14, 2010
I first saw this word when I was in new york last year reading the metro. I first thought it was a weird typo and when the paper mentioned it a second time I wracked my brain for what a straffanjer might be.
I get it now though.
demironinAug 15, 2010
Digg if you've never heard "strap hanger" before
krymsonAug 15, 2010
funny thing is there are no straps anymore on the subway
thepartystarAug 14, 2010
Most pointless assault ever.
fuse13Aug 14, 2010
I prefer all my assaults to have a well reasoned justification.
rawmAug 15, 2010
Dexter, is that you?
matzahmanAug 14, 2010
Lets throw him in front of a train and see how he feels about it.
thechauvinistAug 14, 2010
What? You never had a crazy urge to kill someone at a random time in front of onlookers?
fl13dl1c3Aug 14, 2010
What a scumbag.
downneckAug 14, 2010
this wouldn't be a problem if the trains didn't haul ass into the station at mach 7
eddiepotatoAug 14, 2010
Good luck psychopath-proofing the world.
eddiepotatoAug 14, 2010
psychopath-proof, I meant!
streetmagixAug 15, 2010
Never travel on the London Underground then. The trains are full throttle until they are halfway down the platform.
factorof13Aug 14, 2010
Well, that didn't work out quite the way you pictured it, did it Mr. Rojas?
sarcasteakAug 14, 2010
This reminds me of when I went to Washington D.C. on the fourth of july.... There were massive amounts of people pushing on each other towards the tracks with no guard rails... I always wondered why I didn't hear about more people dieing in this fashion.
shodanxAug 15, 2010
because they are labelled as suicides and the population is told not to worry it doesn't happen often
if there was a crowd and confusion the story will be changed to say a crazy person threw them on the rails
thejasonresnoAug 14, 2010
Susannah Dean?
beesknees21Aug 14, 2010
Dugg for the Dark Tower.
lethargicmonkeyAug 15, 2010
JACK MORT!?
duffalphaAug 15, 2010
Did the man remind authorities of the Terminator?
socalcoveAug 14, 2010
I take the subway daily to work and I understand quite well how easy it is to have some as$ in a moment of rage push you into the tracks.
I am so glad she somehow survived and they got that mother f**ker, I hope when they subdued him they kicked the living s**t out of him. With luck they will throw the book at him before he gets some sick idea to plow a car into a crowd.
shodanxAug 15, 2010
how about they make subways not so f**king retardly dangerous instead ?
nolanrAug 14, 2010
My number one rule when riding the NYC subway - Always protect your BACK! Always be aware of what's behind you!
wassamattaAug 14, 2010
How about not standing 2 inches from the track. I never understood why subway riders need to be right on the edge of the platform. So what if you don't get a seat.
selfarchitectAug 14, 2010
closer to the track, guarantees a spot on the train especially during rush hour.
jtotheoeAug 14, 2010
also the breeze is awesome in the summer.
spiffywilcoAug 14, 2010
I tend to put my back against any pillars that happen to be nearby. It's not out of paranoia, it's about resting while standing and waiting for the train.
david4041Aug 14, 2010
I do the same thing, but I do it out of paranoia.
leveleAug 14, 2010
"These cats will down you and f**kin clown you!"
68024Aug 14, 2010
And be aware of straphangers!
hotsauzzAug 14, 2010
There's a pretty good Hungarian movie about this - [Kontroll](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kontroll) . The entire film takes place in the underground Budapest metro.
jtotheoeAug 14, 2010
they already made a movie about this incident? that was fast.
greedonvrfiredAug 14, 2010
Obviously he needs help and she is an unfortunate victim BUT... I have to say, so many people causally stand at the edge of that platform as if something like this could never happen. Of course it happens once or twice a year. Yet they still stand there on the edge, reading or day dreaming. This could never happen to me because I pay attention and I dont lol about on the yellow edge of the platform. When I do check down the tracks I hold onto one of those steel beams. Also, above ground, I wait for the walk-light standing behind the light pole. Or at least up on the sidewalk and aware. The street is full of multi-ton cars and trucks, piloted by everyday people who are capable and incapable of so many things. Yet, I see groups of people step out into the street and chat while waiting for the light to change. I guess the point of my rambling rant is... stay alert and use common sense. It is a city, not a baby proofed kitchen... it is dangerous.
nocontrol926Aug 14, 2010
dugg for "lol about"
atarioAug 15, 2010
Would have dugg if it were "loll about".
Closed AccountAug 14, 2010
He needs help? He needs to be taken out of the human race. Unfortunately he'll probably serve a few years and be on the street again because for some reason attempted murder is less of an offense than murder.
The only help he needs is help passing from this world to the next.
unfatherAug 15, 2010
Why so the next world has to deal with him? That sounds like an awfully GOP idea.
Closed AccountAug 15, 2010
Tell you what... when we've fed all of the nice people who aren't getting enough to eat and given them health care, then I'll be all for giving guys like this help. Until then, he's not worth the resources. Still sound GOP to you?
f**k the GOP, f**k the democrats, and f**k anyone who really believes there's a significant difference between them.
hexrrAug 15, 2010
I agree. It makes me cringe when I see people standing waiting to cross the street either on the street or less than six inches from where the curb ends. How can people be so oblivious? Someday someone's going to lose their feet and/or legs.
austrologiAug 14, 2010
I am always scared of getting pushined in front of the 6 train every morning, the downtown 6 on 77th is always PACKED with people everyone gaming for a spot
selfarchitectAug 14, 2010
same is true for the Lex and 51st Street downtown platform.
hhp2kAug 14, 2010
This is why I stand back whenever the train is coming in, and I live in Toronto. I've never seen it happen, and I've never heard of it happening in this city, but I just think that the morons that stand right at the edge of the platform while a multi-hundred tonne speeding metal train comes flying within inches of their noses are just f**king stupid, and are asking for it; either from their clumsy feet or from some pig looking for a kick.
7jbdwAug 15, 2010
People jump at Union all the time.
And yeah i stand pretty far back from the yellow line.
worldgrooveAug 14, 2010
Seriously,
I ride BART(www.bart.gov, for non-USA digg folks) to/from SanFrancisco daily for work.... I NEVER stand near the edge when the train is within view. And those familiar with San Francisco know there are crazy people wondering about in that city, talking to themselves or something. I don't know why the trains need to roar into the station at near full speed, and I don't understand why people need to stand on the yellow strip - or even near it.
amnesianAug 14, 2010
Lol, why did you get buried? For riding BART? Being from the Bay Area? Never standing near the edge? Saying crazy people exist? Sometimes diggers are like the man in the article: they don't know why they do the things they do
7jbdwAug 15, 2010
Don't have a cow man!
abominableAug 14, 2010
same thing happened here in Calgary, but sadly a different outcome.
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=05abb2fd-fea4-4f82-9937-6d65f6277a39&k=38832
StrutThatAssAug 14, 2010
Closing the track with glass doors would solve that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRuB1FHrrDs
2noameAug 14, 2010
What's this? An engineering solution? That's silly. We all know the answer to this is to create more laws.
amnesianAug 14, 2010
And tax more to create and support programs to enforce this law.
shodanxAug 15, 2010
dugg for sarcasm
volatileAug 14, 2010
That looks expensive. Also, it solves an issue that really shouldn't be an issue.
Stay AWAY from the edge of death, people.
shodanxAug 15, 2010
Volatile,
Hi,
I often meet people confronted with a problem, and often they will say "this shouldn't happen, because of obvious reason X !!!" and then they try and punish the "offenders" by public shaming or penalties or education and of course last week another engineer dropped the two-stage compressor section because he forgot to install the red bolts when he flipped it over and everyone was just running around, arms flailing etc etc..
that was the third time this has happenned
really "it shoudn't be an issue"
keep thinking that
volatileAug 15, 2010
I...don't really know what you're referencing.
In any case, the solution presented in the video that StrutThatAss (lol) posted wouldn't be economical. That's essentially the point I was getting at. Also, New Yorkers seem to be doing just fine without them (crazy f**ks like those in this article notwithstanding.) It'd be sort of like putting electronic retractable crash-proof railings on both sides of the crosswalk at every intersection.
Also, where am I shaming anybody? I didn't want to be confrontational, I'm just saying that it doesn't make sense for people to stand at the edge of the "you die if you fall in here" zone. I think that'd be a bit difficult to argue.
x1soundgarden1xAug 14, 2010
Also a lot of NYC trains where people are killed are above ground and outside, thus making glass installations incredibly difficult if not outright implausible.
StrutThatAssAug 14, 2010
I'm convinced they could come up with cheaper chain-link fencing then.
shodanxAug 15, 2010
we're not talking about above ground installations here and you know it
unfatherAug 15, 2010
Not that he'd be right if we were talking about above ground installations anyway.
Closed AccountAug 15, 2010
STOP MAKING SENSE!!!!!
necrozimAug 15, 2010
It could be or reminds me of the Beijing underground, the worst and best public transport ive ever used. they only put the doors on the olympic lines though, but, they were certainly a welcome change from the pushing horde during rushhour at other stations.
selfarchitectAug 14, 2010
everyone that is talking about standing back when the train is pulling in, haven't actually been to certain stations during rush hour (e.g. Lexington and 51st Downtown 6 train). Look how narrow the platform is...
http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2010/03/30/news/photos_galleries/subway/032910CounterTerrorism-gnm093245--500x380.jpg
stations like this get packed quick and if you're standing against the wall, you will never get on a train. Stand an inch from the edge and you "might" get on, if the train isn't already packed and people do get off.
thejohnfloydAug 15, 2010
a simple solution would be to walk to grand central...
ojxxAug 14, 2010
The "R" Train still exist? Surprised that Albany didn't cut that service either.
keraneuologyAug 14, 2010
? Never been to NYC, is the R train from New York to Albany? Isn't that kind of far for a subway?
chrizzly89Aug 14, 2010
I wish we had punishments that resemble exactly what people did to their victims. I would so watch this guy being thrown in front of a train with popcorn.
shodanxAug 15, 2010
of course just suggesting the idea makes you a sick monster
you know that right ?
chrizzly89Aug 15, 2010
why? How is that sick? If someone throws someone in front of the train, how does he not deserve the same?
unfatherAug 15, 2010
You can argue the moral hippocracy all you want, but if you think I'll ever feel bad because a criminal suffers the same fate as the victim they deliberately committed their crime against, you are empirically incorrect.
I'll gladly sign off on pushing this guy into a train, or raping rape-murderers to death, as long as there is no plausible chance the person did not commit the crime AND it can be proven that they did it intentionally. In this instance, train-push this guy ASAP please. And then when he's in the hospital or god-willing the morgue, you can ask me how I feel about it again and I'll say "I don't know why I justified it at the time!" and then I'll laugh mockingly.
ahnteisAug 14, 2010
>> “When someone looks a little suspicious I will shout and scream and say police,” added Mary Mejia of Queens.
Mary Mejia is an idiot.
keraneuologyAug 14, 2010
She's going to look the paranoid one - somebody will have her hauled off for a psychiatric evaluation for seeing threats everywhere.
unfatherAug 15, 2010
Ahnteis, I''ll go ahead and save you the trouble of being called an idiot, because I don't think you actually know what that means anyway. But I am gonna help you wrap your head around a little thing I like to call... wait for it... "context".
This lady almost definitely gave that response after being asked what she would do in a situation similar to this, likely after having just been told the story. So in context what she probably meant was "When someone looks a little suspicious {as though they might plausibly push me into a train} I will shout and scream and say police...”, but you, because you're an assh**e and don't bother denying it because we can smell our own, just assumed she meant any time anyone ever looked suspicious she would "shout and scream and say police". Which, I'm going to point out right now, is such a stupid notion that if you actually believe it, you are instead the stupid one.
But having JUST READ 90% of the article to get to that point you SHOULD HAVE already known the context. But you missed that completely, and then you made a smarmy, misguided, insulting, and a contextually unsupported comment.
In my humble opinion, Mary Mejia not likely an idiot (and she's definitely an ESL speaker but I don't have time to explain why that matters because I literally don't believe you can wrap your head around it). Instead, there is evidence that YOU are and PROOF that you can definitely be a pompous assh**e at times, specifically in public forums. I'm sure your parents are embarrassed as I am to know you exist.
smacksawAug 15, 2010
No s**t. I blow my rape whistle like a real man.
withearsAug 14, 2010
Crazed straphanger shot first!
cubbiesxAug 14, 2010
It's pretty sad. After living here in nyc for a while, you really start to get a habit of looking all around for the crazies.
If see crazies - move back against wall...
amnesianAug 14, 2010
Lol, why did you get buried? For riding BART? Being from the Bay Area? Never standing near the edge? Saying crazy people exist? Sometimes diggers are like the man in the article: they don't know why they do the things they do.
mangateacherAug 14, 2010
"One witness snapped a picture of the man she said is the alleged attacker Jose Rojas.
Straphangers kept the 25-year-old suspect up against a wall so he couldn’t get away."
And they say New Yorkers are heartless bastards who don't help anybody...
68024Aug 14, 2010
What a straphange story...
apocadallAug 14, 2010
Accused does not equal guilty.
shodanxAug 15, 2010
hey shut up you with your "logic" and "due process"
KILL THE WITCH! !!!!!!
kuyakewAug 14, 2010
i used to use that station went i went to college around Chelsea. there is definately a lot of shady folk that hang around that neighborhood (garment district).
ojxxAug 14, 2010
i live in nyc. it was a joke. ha. ha.
jonjonr6Aug 14, 2010
What the hell is a straphanger?
jtotheoeAug 15, 2010
there used to be straps to hold onto in subway cars.
discoveryoneAug 14, 2010
"straphanger"... that is a term I have never heard before... wow.
The more you know...
cannabistAug 15, 2010
I saw a .gif where a guy waiting for the train randomly got pushed from behind. He flew right in front of the moving train and died.
I saw another .gif where this guy randomly tiger knee'd someone and pushed him towards the train, where he collapsed right next to it. The train was slowing down, but his head kept hitting the train, so people tried to move him away. Unfortunately, his hand came off because it got caught by the train.
shodanxAug 15, 2010
I think you show lay off the GIFs for a while
holdemrulesAug 15, 2010
that's why you need to be aware of your surroundings
...not listening to your ipod, playing on your smartphone, texting, or something equally idiotic.
jmaisAug 15, 2010
FTA:“There’s no going around stopping or preventing an assault like that from happening because it’s just inevitable,” said Bedford Stuyvesant resident Peter Macintosh.
I'll stay where I can drive myself, thank you....
atroaciousAug 15, 2010
Damn not only are these illegals stealing the white mans work, but now they are clearly stealing their crazy too. I for one will not stand for this.
silv23Aug 15, 2010
Someone has been reading too much Stephen King.
taintbrushAug 15, 2010
What was a train doing inside of a kitchen?
Closed AccountAug 15, 2010
My brain wanted to create an "f" sound with that "ph"
flunkedflankAug 15, 2010
New York's alright if you want to get pushed in front of the subway.
New York's alright if you like drunks in your doorway
New York's alright if you wanna freeze to death
New York's alright if you wanna get mugged or murdered
New York's alright if you like saxophones.
iv81Aug 15, 2010
In mother russia, YOU push the train!
xdynabladeAug 15, 2010
What the f**k is a straphanger and why do they keep using that word?
xdynabladeAug 15, 2010
FTA: “There’s no going around stopping or preventing an assault like that from happening because it’s just inevitable,” said Bedford Stuyvesant resident Peter Macintosh.
Not when you stand with your back to a wall like I always do when I'm in a subway station.
dominooooAug 15, 2010
Straphanger. STRAP HANGER. Not Straph-an-ger.