My God. So incredibly Sad. I pray they catch the person that did this. How traumatizing for everyone who witnessed this.

And WTF NYP?!

The photograper said he was snapping his camera's flash to try and get the operator's attention. WTF???? He probably prevented him from even noticing the poor man because he was wondering why the hell this moron kept taking his picture.

I guess I started the same damned thread.

I'm re-posting my message here because your thread came in first, so mine's probably getting locked.

I didn't even bother to pick it up.

Personally I find it tasteless and unnecessary. I can't even begin to imagine what this poor man's family would feel upon seeing this.

Apparently I'm not alone...

New York Post piles on th...bway train

The New York Post is facing criticism over its decision to publish a front-page photo of a man, pushed onto the subway tracks in Midtown on Monday, trying to climb to safety before being fatally struck by an oncoming train.

Ki Suk Han, a 58-year-old from Queens, N.Y., was hurled from the 49th Street station platform onto the tracks by "a deranged man" around 12:30 p.m., according to the paper. Han was attempting to calm the man, apparently a panhandler, when a scuffle broke out, police say. The man then pushed him onto the tracks.

Witnesses told police the man had been harassing people on the platform. "At least one witness felt that the aggressor was emotionally disturbed," NYPD spokesman Paul Browne told The New York Times.

R. Umar Abbasi, a freelance photographer, was among those waiting on the platform. He said he tried to alert the train's conductor with his camera. "I just started running, running, hoping that the driver could see my flash," Abbasi told the tabloid.

During the chaos, Abbasi managed to snap the photo that the Post splashed on its cover.

In a larger version of Abbasi's photo, people are seen huddled at one end of the platform in apparent fear.

"People were shouting and yelling when it happened," Dr. Laura Kaplan, another witness, said. "But then people ran the other way."

"DOOMED," the Post declared on its front page. "Pushed on the subway track, this man is about to die."

[edited for compliance]

Han was taken to St. Luke's Hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

The train's operator was treated for shock, the MTA said, declining to release his name.

The man who pushed Han fled the station, police and witnesses say. The NYPD described him as a black male in his mid-20s or early 30s, about 5-foot-9, 240 pounds with short dreadlocks. He was wearing a tan T-shirt, a dark jacket, jeans, black sneakers and a black beanie when he left.

Post here http://prince.org/msg/100/390588

dupe.