Woman's Subway Death Almost Like the Sandra Bullock Movie
The Daily Probe - July 5, 2000
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NEW YORK, NY (DPI) - A woman was killed today when she fell from
the subway platform and was struck by a New York subway train.
The scene was reminiscent of recent Sandra Bullock star vehicle
"While You Were Sleeping" except in this case a woman, not a man,
fell onto the tracks. Also, this woman was hit by the train, she
was not saved by a lonely yet full-lipped and sassy token-seller.
Since she was killed and not just in a comedy-style coma, the
woman also did not become the centerpiece of a chuckle-fest family
drama featuring a boisterous goy family and an old Jewish friend
who mistakenly think that the token-seller is engaged to the
subway-faller-inner. Therefore there was also no introduction of
the quirky but oh-so-lovable brother of the victim, who would seem
offensive at first but who would be revealed to have depths of
humor and understanding far surpassing those of his comatose brother.
Since none of these things developed while the subway victim was
"sleeping," of course there was no denouement in which the token-
seller falls in love with the strong-fingered brother AND the
rambunctious family, and finally gets married and rides off on the
subway train in her wedding gown. Witnesses state that the woman
was reading and she may have simply walked off the edge of the
platform.
- Reported by Chris Jones
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