Bystanders pushing a Boston subway to free a woman trapped between train and platform on Friday (Photo: MBTA Transit Police Department)

After the leg of # 39, a woman was taken by a subway in Boston, bone Exposed through her thigh, she allegedly pleaded with passersby: Do not call an ambulance

"Do you know how much an ambulance costs ? " she cried, according to the Boston Globe.

Commuters rushed to save the woman after she found herself trapped in a gap between a train and the subway platform. The incident occurred around 5:30 pm Friday at the Massachusetts Avenue train station, according to a police report.

A surveillance video of the Massachusetts Mass Transportation Authority's Transit Police Service showed that passengers were shaking the train to free it

Suffering from a deep laceration Unidentified woman of 45 years According to the Globe reporter, Maria Cramer, witness to the accident, the leg was "twisted and bloody"

The story drew national attention after Cramer's tweet, and the New York Times editorial board followed " This Tweet captures the state of health care in America today. "

Police said the emergency medical staff bandaged the wound, which would require surgery, and took her to the hospital.

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