| Yes, there are photographs of 9/11 victims jumping. American Photo did an amazing anniversary issue that had some of those photographs and interviews with the photographers. Deeply moving.
I'm a non-New Yorker but just looking at this photograph (and it took some courage on my part to click the link) I can't fathom how/why there aren't rails up that would prevent a person from falling into the railway bed. Also, why aren't there stairs or footholds etched along the sides of the wall so that people who do fall can stand a chance of getting out?
Good God, what a tragedy.
Lea
On Dec 4, 2012, at 3:28 PM, Andrew Davidhazy wrote: Very sad event indeed. Not sure what I would do ...but maybe instead of trying to get up on platform I would have instructed him to lie down between rails ... I think some people who had fallen were saved that way.
This photograph reminds me of a similar scene, B&W Pulitzer photo I think, of a girl falling to her death from jumping from a burning building ... I think that is it but not positive. Were any 9/11jump victims photographed?
Andy
On Dec 4, 2012, at 4:12 PM, John Palcewski wrote: New York is abuzz over the Post's front page photo of a man on a subway track about to be run over. The photographer claims that he was using his camera flash in an attempt to alert the subway train's conductor, to save the guy, actually.
The big question is: what would YOU do if you were on that platform, with your camera, and had only about ten seconds to respond?
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