PHOTO: Japanese Commuters Tilt Train To Free Trapped Woman
From 'Morning Edition': NPR's Renee Montagne on the great train save
Train passengers and railway staff tilted a train car to one side as they rescued a woman Monday at a station near Tokyo. She had fallen between a the car and the platform. The woman was not seriously injured. Norihiro Shigeta/Yomiuri Shimbun/AP hide caption
Train passengers and railway staff tilted a train car to one side as they rescued a woman Monday at a station near Tokyo. She had fallen between a the car and the platform. The woman was not seriously injured.
Norihiro Shigeta/Yomiuri Shimbun/APWhen a woman slipped between a train and a station platform just north of Tokyo on Monday, about 40 commuters and railroad employees worked together to tilt the 32-ton subway car enough to one side so that she could be pulled to safety.
The Associated Press writes that the train car's suspension system "allows it to lean to either side, according to the Yomiuri newspaper, Japan's largest daily."
The woman was not seriously injured and, the AP adds, "after just an eight-minute delay, the train went on its way."
The Yomiuri Shimbun's photo captures the scene.
It's all already been recreated in this video.