EM2
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Found this story in a collection of supposedly 'useless information'.
In November 1971, a train was coming into a station, when a young man jumped in front of the train. The horrified driver hit the brakes, convinced that there was no way that the man could not be killed. Yet, although the train did hit the man, the train had stopped quickly enough that the wheels had not gone over him. The front of the train was jacked up to release the badly-injured man.
During the investigation, it was discovered that the man was a gifted young architect who was suffering a nervous breakdown. But even more surprisingly, it also found that it was not the driver who had applied the brakes. A split-second before the driver made his brake application, a passenger had pulled the emergency handle for no reason that he could adequately explain.
If it was not for that split second, the man would surely have been killed.
So, anyone know if this is true, or is it an urban legend?
In November 1971, a train was coming into a station, when a young man jumped in front of the train. The horrified driver hit the brakes, convinced that there was no way that the man could not be killed. Yet, although the train did hit the man, the train had stopped quickly enough that the wheels had not gone over him. The front of the train was jacked up to release the badly-injured man.
During the investigation, it was discovered that the man was a gifted young architect who was suffering a nervous breakdown. But even more surprisingly, it also found that it was not the driver who had applied the brakes. A split-second before the driver made his brake application, a passenger had pulled the emergency handle for no reason that he could adequately explain.
If it was not for that split second, the man would surely have been killed.
So, anyone know if this is true, or is it an urban legend?