Jazz
24-07-2013, 02:14 PM
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Dozens of Japanese train passengers pushed a 32-ton train carriage away from the platform to free a woman who had fallen into the 8-inch gap between the train and the platform during the busy morning rush hour Monday.
Passengers push train to save woman: Passengers and railway workers push a train car to rescue a woman who fell between the car and platform in Saitama, Japan.AP Photo: Norihiro Shigeta, Yomiuri Shimbun
Passengers and railway staffers push a train car to rescue a woman who fell between the car and the platform Monday, July 22, in Saitama, Japan.
The act of heroism was captured by a newspaper photographer, whose photo of the rescue ran in the Yomiuri daily's evening edition.
A public announcement that a passenger was trapped prompted about 40 people to join train officials to push the carriage, whose suspension system allows it to lean to either side, according to the Yomiuri newspaper, Japan's largest daily.
The unidentified woman in her 30s was then pulled out uninjured to applause from onlookers at JR Minami-Urawa station, just north of Tokyo.
After just an eight-minute delay, the train continued on its way.
Dozens of Japanese train passengers pushed a 32-ton train carriage away from the platform to free a woman who had fallen into the 8-inch gap between the train and the platform during the busy morning rush hour Monday.
Passengers push train to save woman: Passengers and railway workers push a train car to rescue a woman who fell between the car and platform in Saitama, Japan.AP Photo: Norihiro Shigeta, Yomiuri Shimbun
Passengers and railway staffers push a train car to rescue a woman who fell between the car and the platform Monday, July 22, in Saitama, Japan.
The act of heroism was captured by a newspaper photographer, whose photo of the rescue ran in the Yomiuri daily's evening edition.
A public announcement that a passenger was trapped prompted about 40 people to join train officials to push the carriage, whose suspension system allows it to lean to either side, according to the Yomiuri newspaper, Japan's largest daily.
The unidentified woman in her 30s was then pulled out uninjured to applause from onlookers at JR Minami-Urawa station, just north of Tokyo.
After just an eight-minute delay, the train continued on its way.