{"id":95893,"date":"2020-10-23T01:22:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T22:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lirr-workers-honored-for-saving-man-stuck-on-nyc-tracks\/"},"modified":"2020-10-23T01:22:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T22:22:40","slug":"lirr-workers-honored-for-saving-man-stuck-on-nyc-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lirr-workers-honored-for-saving-man-stuck-on-nyc-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"#LIRR workers honored for saving man stuck on NYC tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#LIRR workers honored for saving man stuck on NYC tracks<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n An ad hoc team of five Long Island Rail Road workers saved the life of a man who got his shoes stuck between the tracks at the East New York station on Wednesday, officials said.<\/p>\n

The workers sprang into action just after 7:29 a.m. after hearing a loud thud and noticing the \u201cdisoriented\u201d man trapp<\/a>ed in the tracks, the MTA said at a press event held in their honor on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Three of the men stood watch to make sure trains did not enter the station, while the other two hopped onto the tracks, loosened the man\u2019s shoes and rescued him from the rails, the heroes recounted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis guy was disoriented,\u201d said Lawrence Woods, who ventured onto the roadbed with fellow LIRR conductor Shelwyn Henry.<\/p>\n

\u201cShelwyn was doing everything he could to keep this guy from the touching the third rail. I did what I could to help,\u201d Woods said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very nervous that he was going to touch that third rail.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gregory Hartley, who called the dispatcher to make sure trains did not enter the station, said the \u201cvery tight, intense situation\u201d could have gone either way.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the type of tragedy you don\u2019t want to see. You hear about it, but you never want to live through it and see it,\u201d Hartley said.<\/p>\n

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\n LIRR workers (from left) Kevin Rattigan, Shelwyn Hendy, Gregory Hartley, Lawrence Woods and Stacy Augustine were honored. <\/p>\n

Gregory P. Mango<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n The LIRR workers stationed at the East New York station helped a person who had fallen into the tracks during rush hour. <\/p>\n

Gregory P. Mango<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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