By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2025-02-01 21:58:58 | Updated at 2025-02-02 00:52:21
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Dramatic photos show a distressed person lying on the subway tracks in Queens early Saturday — moments before a train was set to pull into the station.
Concerned straphangers gathered on the platform above the man, who appeared disheveled and incoherent, at the Forest Hills–71st Avenue station.
Good Samaritans quickly got the attention of a conductor in a nearby train just in time to have the arriving F train rerouted to another track, in a harrowing encounter The Post observed underground.
One of the women who flagged down help said she thought it was a “bag of rubbish” that had toppled onto the tracks, before realizing it was a person. The man was in a heap, wearing oversized sweats and holding what appeared to be a blanket.
The E and F trains were rerouted to the R track while the MTA waited for assistance from the NYPD, the agency announced on X.
In the meantime, an MTA employee tried to rouse the man by hitting him with a broom he was using to sweep the station.
The MTA did not immediately respond to an inquiry from The Post and police did not have any information on the incident.
