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NY Post Front Page Today

metirish Dec 04 2012 06:55 AM

WOW, this is just fucking wrong. Murdoch has no shame, nothing new in that.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 04 2012 07:24 AM Re: NY Post Front Page Today

And who was it who chose to take a photo rather than grab the guy's arm and pull him back up to the platform?

cooby Dec 04 2012 07:35 AM Re: NY Post Front Page Today

omg, was he rescued?

Mets – Willets Point Dec 04 2012 07:36 AM Re: NY Post Front Page Today

Benjamin Grimm wrote: And who was it who chose to take a photo rather than grab the guy's arm and pull him back up to the platform? I'm hoping it was a security camera although it looks like a very crisp photo. Cooby, the man was killed by the train.

cooby Dec 04 2012 07:38 AM Re: NY Post Front Page Today

That is awful. :( Just awful

Edgy MD Dec 04 2012 07:38 AM Re: NY Post Front Page Today

Photog (claimed by the Post to be an affiliated with the paper) claims he was running toward the train frantically flashing the driver with his camera trying to get him to stop. Yes, I read the piece, because Irish inadvertently lured me into it, which, of course, gives the Post one more pageview. Multiply that by the millions of other otherwise non-readers lured in by the buzz of the photograph of the doomed, and it provides total economic incentive to the Post to keep doing what they do.

cooby Dec 04 2012 07:38 AM Re: NY Post Front Page Today

As bad as a snuff film

Mets – Willets Point Dec 04 2012 07:42 AM Re: NY Post Front Page Today

Here's the story on The Atlantic so you don't have to give the Post a pageview.

metsmarathon Dec 04 2012 07:46 AM Re: NY Post Front Page Today

i wonder if maybe we should start equipping train platforms with emergency ladders / stairs for occasions like this. give the dude a way out.

Ceetar Dec 04 2012 07:48 AM Re: NY Post Front Page Today

Edgy MD wrote: Photog (claimed by the Post to be an affiliated with the paper) claims he was running toward the train frantically flashing the driver with his camera trying to get him to stop. . i.e. we paid this guy for his photo, therefore we're "affiliated" since he'll have to put us down on his tax forms now..? MTA claims it's illegal to take photos in the subway stations don't they? tsk tsk. Can the train guy even stop? I mean, he's already stopping right? how much harder can he break? metsmarathon wrote: i wonder if maybe we should start equipping train platforms with emergency ladders / stairs for occasions like this. give the dude a way out. Has to be a thought at least right? I've never climbed out of a subway tunnel though, would stairs make it faster than jumping and pulling? would you even have time?

cooby Dec 04 2012 07:49 AM Re: NY Post Front Page Today

well, I doubt that anybody could run as fast as the train was traveling. Plus there's the whole shock "am I really seeing this" factor. But that doesn't excuse running the picture on the front page of a paper.

Edgy MD Dec 04 2012 07:53 AM Re: NY Post Front Page Today

Well, it's here, too, so...

Mets – Willets Point Dec 04 2012 07:54 AM Re: NY Post Front Page Today

i wonder if maybe we should start equipping train platforms with emergency ladders / stairs for occasions like this. give the dude a way out. Platform screen doors are common in Europe and Asia. They seem to have a lot of advantages other than keeping people off the tracks: * Prevent accidental falls off the platform onto the lower track area, suicide attempts and homicides by pushing.[/list] * Prevent or reduce wind felt by the passengers caused by the piston effect which could in some circumstances make people fall over * Reduce the risk of accidents, especially from service trains passing through the station at high speeds. * Improve climate control within the station (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning are more effective when the station is physically isolated from the tunnel). * Improve security — access to the tracks and tunnels is restricted. * Lower costs — eliminate the need for motormen or conductors when used in conjunction with Automatic Train Operation, thereby reducing manpower costs. * Prevent litter build up on the track which can be a fire risk. * Improve the sound quality of platform announcements, as background noise from the tunnels and trains that are entering or exiting is reduced.

Gwreck Dec 04 2012 08:10 AM Re: NY Post Front Page Today Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 04 2012 08:12 AM

Ceetar wrote: MTA claims it's illegal to take photos in the subway stations don't they? tsk tsk. Incorrect Ceetar wrote: Can the train guy even stop? I mean, he's already stopping right? how much harder can he break? Likely not in time to avoid collision.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 04 2012 08:11 AM Re: NY Post Front Page Today

The solution said to be the best idea are those gates that open only when the train arrives like airports have. Would be insanely expensive to outfit all of the subways here with them but that's where it ought to go. Perhaps you could argue the awful Post cover sparks debate over funding such a project, otherwise, yeah, terrible.

seawolf17 Dec 04 2012 08:19 AM Re: NY Post Front Page Today

I don't even think there are words. Holy hell.

metirish Dec 04 2012 08:21 AM Re: NY Post Front Page Today

On the news they showed the train operator being taken away on a gurney.....poor guy was devastated.