Man in a wheelchair fell on the subway tracks and was rescued just before the training arrived | the Chronicle

Passengers waiting for the subway at Union Square station in New York City, United States, experienced a moment of despair after having a man in a wheelchair fell on this city’s metro tracks last Wednesday afternoon. Fortunately, one person managed to rescue him before the training arrived.

The maddening moment was recorded by a passerby who witnessed the events. The video is 40 seconds long and comes with a description: “Fortunately, a Good Samaritan jumped up and saved the man about ten seconds before the train arrived at the station. Big thumbs up to whom the guy jumped in to help out! “.

Later, an account reporting on events in this mode of transportation in New York (similar to Cosas del Roca in Buenos Aires) took the video and posted it on their social media. “This afternoon in Union Square, a man in a wheelchair kind of ended up on the subway tracks”, posted the @SubwayCreatures Twitter account on Thursday.

Lauren Mennen, a CBS New York writer who was at the station at the time, said no one saw the man until a loud bang was heard. When they looked, they saw that he had fallen on the subway tracks.

Immediately to his aid, the man was transported to a local hospital for necessary observations after receiving the impact. Fortunately, the victim of the events is stable.

Despite the appalling situation, many social media users, accustomed to the staging and fake news, suspected the video was just a sham.

“It’s not a good production. In particular, how they added the sound effect of the train to make it look closer. The boy can also walk clearly. The acting is poor “, remarked the owner of the account @Jade_Hoye.

After comments like this, other netizens devoted themselves to putting those who criticized the video in their place: “Not all wheelchair users are completely paralyzed. I am partially paralyzed from spina bifida. I can stand, take steps and that’s it. I use a wheelchair 99.99999% of the time “, specified user @ MichelleF4371.

As reported by the American television channel CBS, the circumstances in which the person in the wheelchair fell on the tracks of the New York subway are unknown to this day.