Traffic & Transit
Video: Straphangers Rescue Man On Bed-Stuy Subway Tracks
Video shows subway riders helping a man on the Myrtle Avenue station tracks Friday afternoon.
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — Straphangers jumped onto Brooklyn subway tracks to rescue a person left lying there after a fight, according to police and video taken at station.
A fight at the Myrtle Avenue J, M and Z station on Broadway landed a man on the tracks about 12:35 p.m., said police.
Subway rider Michael Angztek snapped a photo of three people working to pull the man onto his feet just as a fourth is about to climb down and help and a train stands in the background.
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Commuters help man that was knocked onto train tracks during fight with another man of similar age. pic.twitter.com/2cJLbZuwGc
— Michael Angztek (@MichaelAngztek) October 11, 2019
The man appears to have fallen on the northbound track. Video shows at least two people on the tracks as a crowd of stunned onlookers watch and record.
The MTA did not immediately respond to Patch's request for more information.
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Police said no one was injured.
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