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A wheelchair user fell onto the subway tracks in NYC. This nail-biting video shows heroic commuters rescuing him from an incoming train with just seconds to spare.

Aug 7, 2021, 14:59 IST
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Commuters rescued a man from an oncoming train with just seconds to spare. Twitter: @SubwayCreatures
  • A wheelchair user fell on the tracks at Union Square station in Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon.
  • One brave commuter jumped onto the tracks and helped lift him to safety, a viral video shows.
  • The clip shows others joining in the rescue effort and saving the man from an oncoming with just seconds to spare.
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A man in a wheelchair was rescued by heroic bystanders after falling onto the tracks at a New York City subway station, a viral video shows.

The cellphone recording shows one commuter jump onto the tracks to save the wheelchair user, an unnamed man in his 30s, moments before a train pulled in at the Union Square station in Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon, the Daily Mail reported.

Other onlookers then joined in the rescue effort, the video shows, by working together to lift the man onto the platform. He was lifted to safety just seconds before the oncoming downtown 6 train pulled in.

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The rescued man was taken to Bellevue Hospital where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, Sky News reported.

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Lauren Mennen, a reporter for CBS who witnessed the event, told CBS New York: "'One man jumped right into the action. He didn't think twice about whether he was going to go on those tracks."

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