Woman gets trapped between train and platform, fellow commuters push to rescue her
Let’s see, what have we got… oh, yes, a story about how, while deboarding a train in Saitama prefecture, a woman slipped and got pinned between the train and the platform.
Wait, that’s not the heart-warming part!
Around 9:15 on Monday morning at Minamiurawa Station in Saitama Prefecture, a woman in her 30s got the fright of a lifetime when she slipped and found herself trapped between the train and the platform, pinned at her hips.
Fortunately, the station staff were paying attention and caught the problem immediately, quickly announcing, “Someone is trapped!”
▼Not an actual photograph of events.
According to one Twitter user who was there, the staff first asked
everyone to move to the opposite side of the train, but after that
failed, they called everyone off to help.Fellow commuters then got out and pushed the train away from the platform, allowing the staff free the trapped woman!
Once she was pulled to safety, the woman was taken to the hospital, though fortunately she had no visible injuries.
The company went on to explain that the train car weighed about 32 tonnes (about 35 US tons), including its base and wheels. However, thanks to the suspension, pushing on the car only moved the upper body, and didn’t affect the wheels’ placement.
Apparently, even with all this commotion, the train was only eight minutes late! We’re thinking the company should get a new logo, maybe something like: “East Japan Railways, Getting you to work and giving you a workout!”
▼Not gonna cry, not gonna cry, not gonna–darn it!
This is such a great story!There’s always someone who’s got something to grumble about…
This is really amazing.
I’m glad she wasn’t injured!
What a sense of unity. I wish I could have to been there. I wish I could have helped them push.
It’s a great story, but the photo is so surreal!
All that and only eight minutes late? Isn’t that amazing?
It looks like a festival!
Japan’s not finished after all!
Who the heck took this photo? If you have time to snap pictures, get in there and push!!
This isn’t the first time that someone’s fallen at a train station. Just last month, someone fell through the gap at Roppongi Station and ended up lying next to the train as it departed. Fortunately, that woman also survived unscathed.
Well, we hope you have a great Monday! If nothing else, you can at least be glad you’re not trapped between a train car and a platform!
Sources: Itai News 2Channel, Yomiuri Online, TwitterImage sources: A Cute a Day, Know Your Meme
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