In Toronto, someone or the other keeps jumping onto subway tracks every once in a while. It doesn't result in any casualties most of the time, but delays the subway schedules like anything.
Low-key made me laugh cause like, no matter how wholesome something is, reddit will always find a way to hose it down with a dose of realism and sarcasm that I'm never prepared for
Sadly, it's how most people react when they learn that their is delayed because someone killed themselves further on the line, i.e. not when they witness it or are on the concerned train.
Dang that is actually awful, we've become so desensitized... I never thought about it that much, cause people don't use trains for commute that often in my country (small country so you can just drive 30 minutes and be two towns over).
Back in middle school I knew this girl from my class, she was a bit of a wild one while I was always the straight laced, goody two-shoes kind of kid, so we were basically total opposites but she was super sweet and kind to me, back then we used to go out of school to buy candy, and when my group of friends walked by hers she'd always share hers with everyone, looking back I may have had a little crush on her but I knew we had such different values in life I never considered it, many years later in highschool I learned she'd died being hit by a train, it could've been an accident but most people thought it wasn't. To this day I still think about it. We shouldn't treat deaths so lightly
Dang that is actually awful, we've become so desensitized... I never thought about it that much, cause people don't use trains for commute that often in my country (small country so you can just drive 30 minutes and be two towns over).
Yeah, I live in an area with quite a developed public transit, and people do act like that. To be fair with people though, this happens on quite a regular basis, and the rail companies always minimise them as "severe accidents". However, the one time I was on a train that did run on someone, at least some people were definitely shaken, even though they saw nothing, but may have felt the train running on something (I did).
I was on a train once that someone dove in front of, and the number of people livid about the time inconvenience to them was fascinating. We sat there for 45 minutes before we were even told what had happened.
I don't think any person can catch someone randomly jumping in front of a fast moving train unless that person is already giving off signs that they are going to do it.
Three people helped. The only softer the second one it came running and the third one who really realized something was wrong and came running like a minute after the second one
But also the policeman! The man sprinting towards them at the end looks similar to Chinese police uniform…see his brimmed hat and high visibility vest? The trains, station design, and people remind me how Chinese trains station look when I was a child.
(I think it could also be Japan; China modelled a lot of their trains and designs after Japan (especially after the shinkansen)
The pantograph on the train crossing opposite looks pretty unique. I think only Japanese N700 models have these things, so it's likely Japan. And since there are middle through tracks, this must be on a small station somewhere between Tokyo and Kyoto.
I found the original video on Chinese social media, the side of incoming train has “和谐号” written on it. It’s very blurry but still recognizable. This happened on 2017-05-10 and the guy who saved her is a railway security staff.
To be fair, she may have be acting suspicious and put him on alert. If he was actively watching for her to start moving then he could react pretty fast without having insane reflexes.
He was watching her before she even moved. He started moving when she started leaning. He must’ve been tipped off by her behavior. Or maybe her lack of belongings. But he was waiting for her to bolt so when she did he was already on it.
I assume he was watching her for a bit and saw she was acting a bit off and so he was kinda ready to react, because if not that's some crazy next level reaction time
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u/MrLipp24 Sep 05 '26
His instincts were lightning fast, I slowed it down and he literally reacts the split second her right leg sets off