Man Dies After Being Pushed In Front Of Nyc Subway Train

[News_Editor]

Man dies after being pushed in front of NYC subway train < br />

2012-12-04 16:11:17 GMT+7 (ICT)

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NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) -- A subway passenger was killed on Monday afternoon after he was pushed onto the tracks of an oncoming train at a station in New York City, a police spokesperson said. A video showed the assailant harassing the victim moments before the murder.

The incident happened at approximately 12:30 p.m. local time on Monday when police responded to a 911 call of a man struck by a southbound "R" train at West 49th Street and 7th Avenue in midtown Manhattan. The victim was transported to St. Luke's Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

"Upon arrival, police determined that a black male pushed an Asian male, 58, onto the train tracks, where the victim was struck by a train entering the station," a police spokesperson said. Witnesses said the victim shouted at the train driver to stop and desperately tried to climb onto the platform before he was struck.

Police identified the victim as 58-year-old Han Ki-Suck of Queens, who could be seen being harassed by the suspected assailant in an 8-second video clip released by the New York Police Department. "Leave me the f [expletive] alone. Take your m**f [expletive] ass over there, stand in line, (and) wait for the R train.. that's it," the suspect can be heard saying.

The assailant was described as a black male in his mid-20s who was last seen wearing a dark jacket, a gray t-shirt and a cap. "The New York City Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in identifying and locating the individual who is wanted for questioning in regard to the homicide," a police spokesperson said.

Monday's murder had echoes of another shocking incident in New York City nearly 14 years ago. On January 3, 1999, journalist and photographer Kendra Webdale, 32, was killed when a schizophrenic man, Andrew Goldstein, pushed her in front of an oncoming train at the 23rd Street station in Manhattan.

The 1999 murder shocked many New Yorkers and led to Kendra's Law which provides state judges the authority to order those with a serious mental illness to undergo psychiatric treatment. The law allows people who fail to comply with the order to be taken into involuntary commitment for up to 72 hours.

-- © BNO News All rights reserved 2012-12-04

[cbrer]

58-year-old Han Ki-Suck

Unfortunate.

the victim shouted at the train driver to stop and desperately tried to climb onto the platform before he was struck.

Very unfortunate.

[nurofiend]

there's obviously no excuse for throwing a man on the tracks but from the video it looked like the deceased was getting in the guy's face.

repeat, no excuse for throwing a man on the tracks and i hope they catch him and lock him up.

[nurofiend]

^ scratch that, on further reading it seems the black guy was acting crazy and the asian guy was just trying to calm him down.

edit: mr han's wife said he had been drinking and arguing with her.

seems like a pissed off drunk guy bumped into a pissed off crazy guy.

Edited December 4, 2012 by nurofiend

[cdnvic]

Racist comments, and their author removed.

[bendejo]

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the victim shouted at the train driver to stop and desperately tried to climb onto the platform before he was struck.

Very unfortunate.

I guess the guy was unaware that there is just enough space under the edge of the platform to huddle out of the way of the train (people over 300 lbs may disagree). This indentation makes it impossible to get any sort of foothold to boost up the torso, as this poor fellow learned before he stopped living.

There are major two dangers of being down on the NYC subway tracks: the trains and the 3rd rail. The rats and the ancient sewage that dates back to the time of Teddy Roosevelt may have got a good rinsing away by Sandy.

Edited December 5, 2012 by bendejo

[Steely Dan]

Had it been the other way round I would expect riots.

[SteeleJoe]

Had it been the other way round I would expect riots.

Had it been the other way round I would expect riots.

Would you indeed?

I'd ask why but there was already one creepy racist comment removed from this thread (nice job Mods). Should't take the chance of encouraging another.

Edited December 5, 2012 by SteeleJoe

[Steely Dan]

Had it been the other way round I would expect riots.

Had it been the other way round I would expect riots.

Would you indeed?

I'd ask why but there was already one creepy racist comment removed from this thread (nice job Mods). Should't take the chance of encouraging another.

You're not getting a rise out of me, nor will I allow you to construe my comments as racist as oppose to social commentary. P.S Does Rodney King ring a bell?

[chiang mai]

Interesting, the UK subway or Underground incorporates a "suicide pit" which is a trough that runs between the rails, designed to allow people to survive and not be hit by the train.

Edited December 5, 2012 by chiang mai

[SteeleJoe]

Do you actually think that when a black man is murdered by someone of another race, there are typically riots? And you think that the riots in LA somehow support your absurd premise?

Lets see:

The riots took place once. Twenty years ago. They took place at a time when long building resentments (some justified, some not) came to a head when police officers from a department widely acknowledged as being often over the line, were not punished despite being filmed severely beating a black man.

While they can easily explained, I don't see how any reasonable person can defend or excuse the riots or what took place then, but to suggest that this was a typical response to a crime against a black man or that that event 20 years ago supports your notion that a if the victim of the subway murder had been the black man there would have bee riots, is really, really stupid.

"Social commentary". Nice one.

[Scott]

I would strongly suggest that posters take care to stay on the topic and to resist the temptation to get into personal arguments.

[nurofiend]

Had it been the other way round I would expect riots.

Had it been the other way round I would expect riots.

Would you indeed?

I'd ask why but there was already one creepy racist comment removed from this thread (nice job Mods). Should't take the chance of encouraging another.

You're not getting a rise out of me, nor will I allow you to construe my comments as racist as oppose to social commentary. P.S Does Rodney King ring a bell?

haha, you think that if it was the black guy that got pushed on the tracks there would be riots ala rodney king, good lord.

so should we expect cities to burn every time a black guy gets murdered by someone who's not black?!

absolutely laughable comparison.

'social commentary'.....

[waza]

RIP, Han Ki-Suck

[Dancealot]

So the black man pushed the asian man.?

Why?