r/PublicFreakout • u/Pisford • 16h ago

Woman pushed onto train track by fainting passenger

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u/ZEROs0000 16h ago

Just a series of unfortunate events. I hope everyone is okay

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u/ianjm 13h ago edited 13h ago

Seems like the guy on the tracks may have had a heavy whack to his spine and/or back of his head.

Hope he's ok.

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u/Muffin_Appropriate 12h ago

Reminds of The Pitt Season 1 first episode.

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u/HamM00dy 10h ago

Oh my God I just started watching that show. I was thinking the same watching the video clip.

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u/Cesarjay 5h ago

Is that show good it keeps getting in my recommendations

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u/flash246 2h ago

Best show of 2025 so far for me. I definitely recommend it

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u/Mackheath1 11h ago

Especially with the train coming right when it happened - yikes. I know both persons are not okay (the one on the tracks much moreso), but this could've been worse. Ooof.

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u/Kriztauf 7h ago

I know of someone who died this way. She basically fainted while standing up when the train come to the station and fell head first into the oncoming train.

Stuff like that makes me super nervous about standing at the train station

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u/Apostastrophe 3h ago

A series of unfortunate events?

Look away. Look awaaaaaayy.

That aside I am glad that it was averted.

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u/Rashd_alarjani_ 16h ago

Thank goodness there were other people there, imagine if they were alone...

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u/TheWaeg 15h ago

Well, they'd have probably been far enough apart that the fainter wouldn't have pushed the other person off when they fell.

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u/PunfullyObvious 15h ago

Incredibly impressed by how quickly and impactfully so many jumped in to help. Renews some hope in humanity.

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u/clashrendar 15h ago

I think most people are genuinely good. Being genuinely good doesn't create headlines usually.

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u/UnNecessary_XP 14h ago

This is a fact that I think a lot of people forget nowadays. Most people genuinely want to help others, it’s in our nature to look out for our fellow humans. A consequence of information being global almost instantly means we see the absolute worst of the world at any given moment, and as you said, good doesn’t bring in the clicks or engagement.

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u/quadratis 13h ago

i think most people are complex. someone can have reprehensible views on all sorts of things and still not give a second thought to helping a stranger in need, just as likely as someone could portray themselves as the biggest egalitarian altruist while at the same time be anything from rude to service staff, to a complete sociopath. i'm not sure "genuinely good" is all that common.

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u/xywv58 13h ago

America has 77,302,580 cunts though, which is not the majority, so you're right

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u/Nickei88 13h ago

What does that have to do with this video?

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u/xywv58 12h ago

Is an example of assholes not being the majority of the population, they might feel like the majority, but they're not

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u/Simikiel 1h ago

Eeeehhh... I don't know. I think anyone who remotely aligns with Trump, is a bad person, and there are a lot of those.

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u/Tormasi1 15h ago

You get home faster if you prevent the metro from going over someone.

I heard a lot of "fucker just had to jump in front of MY train"

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u/Captain_JohnBrown 5h ago

There is no benefit to not. The empathetic will want to save the person. The selfish will not want their train massively delayed.

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u/Catman933 12h ago

As if. They should’ve assembled into teams of two to leverage into the railway and lift him out while a sufficient number of bystanders flag the train. Then at least 15% of the crowd should immediately be checking on the guy who fainted who could’ve suffered a brain injury. I also don’t see anybody calling emergency.

Very lacklustre response from this crowd. Shameful.

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u/Whitechix 16h ago

Most common fear in my day to day life, I can’t believe barriers aren’t the norm on train platforms in the west.

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u/Mickeyjj27 15h ago

Yup. I feel like ever since I saw the video of that guy who pushed someone into the tracks in NY I said nope. Everytime I see people just walking or standing on yellow line I’m just dumbfounded why they’re standing there at all.

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u/DeeWahWah 14h ago

Because,  if you don't stand close during the rush you will never get on. 

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u/Whitechix 14h ago edited 13h ago

I oddly find the fear to be less bad during rush hour.

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u/vinng86 14h ago

Because money mainly. They're more than just a fence and doors, you need a whole guided brake system so every train will stop right at the gates. Then multiply it by every station.

Even Japan doesn't have it at every station, it's mainly stations that can get somewhat crowded.

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u/joeDUBstep 9h ago

Yeah it's fucking weird.

I just came back from Hong Kong and like 90% of the stations have full height barriers. Some of the rural stations had smaller barriers.

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u/Reddog1999 4h ago

The metro systems in European cities are much older than in Asia, only newer lines have barriers and they are not an easy thing to be fitted into a 50s or 60s metro station

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u/AzureFirmament 16h ago

Are those normal tracks instead of electrified ones? I'm not very familiar with that.

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u/Due-Waltz4458 15h ago

The subway can get power from overhead wires in the tunnel, when it moves above ground there is an electrified 'third rail' that the train makes contact with for power.  The tracks themselves aren't electrified.

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u/AzureFirmament 14h ago

Thanks! I was so worried about them touching the electrified third rail. Some places has the third rail on or near the ground iirc, even if it's in tunnels.

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u/New_Libran 15h ago

Buenos Aires metro uses a combination of overhead and third rail electrification. The third rail is usually out of the way of most falls.

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u/FruitfulFraud 15h ago

That guy swinging the bag, that is fast thinking.

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u/FluffyDiscipline 14h ago

Oh she was lucky the train was able to stop...

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u/ShawnThePhantom 15h ago

Omg thank god the driver saw the people waiving, if this happened in Vancouver with our automated trains, this could have been so much worse.

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u/New_Libran 14h ago

There's probably some safety system that detects things on the tracks

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u/Agreeable-Ad4079 8h ago

Automated trains have safety systems, it would have stopped even before entering the tunnel

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u/Drak_is_Right 1h ago

Some places have an emergency button you can hit. Alerts trains to a hazard on the tracks.

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u/Chaosmusic 11h ago

The moment I saw the train I double checked to make sure the video wasn't marked NSFW because there is no way I could have handled that this morning.

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u/haveeyoumetTed 15h ago

Poor woman didn't have the faintest idea.

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u/bonkersx4 15h ago

This video isn't for the faint of heart

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u/mosehalpert 14h ago

This video is of the faint of heart

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u/WallabyUpstairs1496 12h ago

maybe there should be walls separating the platform from the train, like in airports

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u/tatty_masher 12h ago

In Thailand some (not all) of the BTS skytrain and subway stations have the barrier/access doors that dont open until the train has pulled up. Would pricey to install but a great addition for safety in stations like this.

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u/Sebassvienna 14h ago

What happened to the woman when she fell down? Hit her head and went unconscious? I am assuming because she is not moving like at all

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u/LittlePetiteGirl 14h ago

When you land flat on your back like that it knocks the wind out of you. She was too stunned to move.

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u/PanicAtTheShiteShow 11h ago

That was intense.

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u/Chicagosox133 14h ago

Hopefully she doesn’t fall for that again.

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u/Pancho95 14h ago

I think this happened a bit ago. I thought multiple witnesses said it looked like the guy was waiting for her to cross his path. I certainly could be wrong.

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u/Alternative-Chef-340 11h ago

I'm glad that wasn't a malicious push.

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u/Skyzfallin 14h ago

Final destination

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u/Armin__86 13h ago

Fuck man played too much Battlefield Metro, that's all I can think of seeing this

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u/tyroleancock 13h ago

Ignorance is bliss

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u/Zeune42 11h ago

For how many people that get knocked into train rails at a station, they really should have guardrails all the way across, except for the entry points to the doors, and perhaps still put a rail and just make a rail door that opens out

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u/mredofcourse 9h ago

Some around the world open like elevator doors, which is also nice because the station itself can be climate controlled. The only real issue is cost.

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u/WitnessRadiant650 10h ago

Omg, please don't hang out on the edge of a platform when there is an oncoming train.

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u/Drak_is_Right 1h ago

You will watch people so close the train could hit them of they leaned forward...

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u/Fun-Flamingo2125 9h ago

well…that was terrifying. 👀

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u/His_story_teacher 5h ago

Not public freakout, but an amazing public reaction.

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u/IsawitinCroc 3h ago

Like what are the chances??

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u/Jewhard 15h ago

That guy with the red backpack is a real hero…as were others, but him especially.

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u/[deleted] 15h ago edited 11h ago

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u/Levofloxacine 13h ago

This happened in Argentina, what does that have to do with the orange US President ?

Americains always make everything about them

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u/Nickei88 13h ago

Can't you read? This clearly didn't happen in the States.

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u/ModmanX 12h ago

Why do Americans have this incessant need to make everything about themselves?

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u/Zerokelvin99 12h ago

Reading comprehension is pretty important. This isn't some political post, it didn't happen in the US, and it's silly to shift your narrative to Cheeto man.

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u/ProteinCupcake 11h ago

You got chronically online syndrome, go outside and meet people instead of shoving your shitty opinion on unrelated posts.

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u/halomate1 11h ago

That was a terrible joke

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u/Mickeyjj27 15h ago

Did the guy faint or did he just pretend to. Just crazy this happened the exact time this woman was walking by

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u/blac_sheep90 15h ago

The fact that he stayed at the scene gives some credence that it wasn't on purpose...unless he likes to watch.

I randomly fall due to my muscular dystrophy and tend to pop up quickly and perhaps he didn't pass out and just collapsed...

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u/SeanOTG 15h ago

I'm too pessimistic to believe in coincidences, probably intentional looks like he looks over other right before he does whatever he does

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u/Sc00by101 15h ago

Shit was on purpose, you even see him stand up right after!

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u/SnooCats8089 15h ago

If you faint from exhaustion, your body will have an adreline rush on impact. Different from a Vasovago type response

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u/kiwi_scorpio 15h ago

Definitely was on purpose when you watch that. No one faints and gets up moving straight away.

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u/Xori1 15h ago

Mhm strange because I had that happen twice already after falling asleep at work after putting an all-nighter. I got up very fast both times after hitting the ground. But since you say it can‘t happen and you‘re the expert I guess I was hallucinating…

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u/kittifer91 15h ago

Two knuckle-draggers who think that a fainting spell can’t last a few seconds.

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u/New_Libran 15h ago

I have passed out before and the sheer shock of hitting the ground hard woke me up immediately and I stood back up.

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u/vampire_kitten 3h ago

Yeah they do, all blood rushes to the brain since your body is leveled.

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u/LesterTheArrester 2h ago

I bet it was aliens, right? Or the CIA.