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maxxx_power
Joined: 17 Mar 2003
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 Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2003 9:55 pm Post subject: Some kid fell in front of the subway I was on today |
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The train I was on pulled into Sam Song Stn in Ilsan (before Hwajeong) and I heard this loud screeching sound. I assumed it was the train but it kept going after the train stopped suddenly.
By then it was easy to figure out it was a woman screaming her lungs out. The train doors opened and all the Koreans made a dash towards the platform, rubbernecking and looking for the carnage.
Cue the paramedics, some dudes come running towards the hysterical woman. Other adjummas start screaming along with the woman and pointing below the train, yuck.
I knew it was a child because some women were in tears already and kept saying aggi blah blah blah aggi. Very sad.
I really didn't want to see the aftermath so I split and headed up the stairs to catch a taxi home.
Poor kid, I wonder if he/she survived. Did anyone happen to witness this or see anything on the news? It happened around 2pm this afternoon. |
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ratslash
Joined: 08 May 2003
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i didn't witness it coz at around 2pm today i had my head down the toilet being sick.
on a slighty different note a lady got pushed by a homeless man at ewha station not so long ago. she died. i believe they are trialling platform doors that would stop this. you see them in evidence at singil subway station, just five or so doors being trialled on one of the platforms. |
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Holyjoe
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: Away for a cuppa
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| Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 3:33 am Post subject: |
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| ratslash wrote: |
| on a slighty different note a lady got pushed by a homeless man at ewha station not so long ago. she died. i believe they are trialling platform doors that would stop this. you see them in evidence at singil subway station, just five or so doors being trialled on one of the platforms. |
I remember seeing those sort of platform doors at the subway station underneath Kuala Lumpur airport, I guess it's possible to install if you have a lot of money to spend on your system. I believe the Jubilee Line extention on the London Underground was fitted out with them.
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 5:44 am Post subject: |
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The above picture looks like a bit of a futuristic half-pipe  |
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William Beckerson
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| Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 5:46 am Post subject: |
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| They have some of those in Japan. Damned good idea, that. |
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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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| Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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| William Beckerson wrote: |
| They have some of those in Japan. Damned good idea, that. |
Singapore too...but i think there it is to keep the air conditioning inside the waiting area  |
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Play_Doh
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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Some kid gets squashed under a train...very nice, think about that?
And you d icks start boffining on about platform design and so- forth..
Hard men  |
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Holyjoe
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Play_Doh wrote: |
Some kid gets squashed under a train...very nice, think about that?
And you d icks start boffining on about platform design and so- forth..
Hard men |
And what would you suggest to stop it happening again, exactly? |
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue
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| Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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The sensitive soul whose signature calls the rest of us "losers" wrote:
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Some kid gets squashed under a train...very nice, think about that?
And you d icks start boffining on about platform design and so- forth..
Hard men |
Let's say the following conversation took place at a bar, cafe, or restaurant:
A: I saw in the paper that some kid fell in front of a subway. Very sad.
B: Yeah. Those subways should have platform doors. Like in London.
C: Right. I've seen those things. Very futuristic.
D: Singapore has them too, but only for air-conditioning, I think.
I don't think anyone besides you, Play_Doh would consider this an offensive conversation. Can't you take your grandstanding pseudo-moralism somewhere else? |
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funplanet
Joined: 20 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Hong Kong subway system has the glass wall and doors that don't open until the train stops completely...smart but do you think the Koreans would buy the idea? The cost would be small considering all the suicides it would stop here... |
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maxxx_power
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| Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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I'm seriously wondering about that kid. Does this kind of thing go unreported in Korea? Should I check Monday's Herald?
Did any of y'all Korean speakers see anything on the news?
Those subway doors might even teach Koreans to stand in line as well as prevent deaths. |
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Gord
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 12:00 am Post subject: |
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| maxxx_power wrote: |
| I'm seriously wondering about that kid. Does this kind of thing go unreported in Korea? Should I check Monday's Herald? |
It is a surprisingly frequent occurance with the size of the system, but rarely reported in the paper. Twice I've seen this happen at Songnae Station (one accident, one deliberate), neither time made the paper. The only time I read about it was when there was a protest over the lack of elevators and decent handicapped access at many of the older stations which lead to the 200 strong riot police squad being sent out to break up a sit-in protest done by 12 people a couple days after one person had fallen onto the tracks.
The newspaper story about the protest said 50-some people were killed on the subway system last year in suicide attempts alone. Though the Korean newspapers are generally larger than the English language editions, so I suspect they are more likely to mention accidents on the subway. |
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Derrek
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| Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 12:04 am Post subject: |
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| maxxx_power wrote: |
Those subway doors might even teach Koreans to stand in line as well as prevent deaths. |
No, they would just be pushing each other from an earlier point in time.
By the way, I had to teach the verb, "push" in class the other day. I had 5 kids stand randomly in the middle of the floor, and I bent over and pushed them around with my elbows as I passed -- saying I was an ajumma on the subway.
Everyone -- especially the 3 Korean teachers watching -- died laughing. All started to join in, too. Ha! |
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Harvard Material
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 12:25 am Post subject: Subway death. |
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Very, very sad. Quite a few years ago a beautiful young woman was pushed in front of a subway train in Toronto during a rush hour period. Before she died she asked a policeman at the scene to tell her mother she didn't jump...it wasn't suicide. Some sick asshole pushed her onto the tracks.
The cop quit his job shortly following the incident.
How to prevent it from happening? I never stand close enough to the edge of the platform to become one of these statistics. This young child in question? Didn't hear anything about it, but I would imagine it was simply a child being curious and playful, but made a fatal mistake. Very, very unfortunate...
Stay a safe distance back from the yellow line at all times people.
H.M. |
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cypher
Joined: 08 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 2:02 am Post subject: |
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I haven't seen this in Korea (second day here) but I did in Toronto, though that was someone jumping in front of a train  Hell of an awful way to commit suicide if you ask me. |
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