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Crowd of strangers pushes 32-ton train off woman

Subway disaster averted by collective altruism

When a woman in Tokyo fell between the subway platform and the subway train and got trapped, things looked bad. But the crowd of commuters and subway employees acted quickly, and were able to push the subway car back just enough for the woman to climb free. Most amazing of all, it happened so fast that the subway line was only delayed by eight minutes.

Image courtesty Flickr/Kzari

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