Man Jumps In Front Of Train In Sunset Park With Rush-Hour Crowd Watching, Witness Says

SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — A man jumped in front of a train at a Sunset Park subway station on Friday morning with a rush-hour crowd packed onto the platform watching, a witness told Patch.

The man was hit by the train around 9 a.m. Friday morning, authorities told Patch. He was taken to the hospital and is likely going to survive, officials said.

The incident left commuters on their way to work shaken.

Alex Luyando, a 23-year-old who works in accounting, was standing on the north-bound platform waiting for the N train at the Eighth Avenue stop with about 50 or so people, he told Patch.

"It was a full platform. It was people going to work," Luyando said.

"I was about maybe 30 feet from the guy. I’m looking at the train coming, and I see this one guy acting erratic, kind of funny. He’s leaning over, leaning over. And I'm like, 'What is this guy about to do?'"

He jumped onto the tracks while the train was still about 10 feet away, Luyando said.

"I heard a gasp and crunching," he said. "And I ran out of the station."

Authorities took the man to Maimonides Medical Center in critical condition, police said. He was suffering cardiac arrest, the FDNY told Patch, but was likely to survive.

"I didn’t go to work today. I didn’t need to do any work today. My day was done," said Luyando. "I'd never seen anything like that in my life."

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