Heart-Stopping Moment: Dr. David Silverberg rescues man in wheelchair from D.C. subway tracks
(CBC) David Silverberg, a P.E.I. doctor, is being called a hero after rescuing a man in a motorized wheelchair who tumbled onto the subway tracks in Washington, D.C.
Silverberg, who was at a neurologists’ conference in the city, says there were only a few people on the platform waiting for the next train around 1 p.m.

A man in a wheelchair appeared to pass out and his wheelchair veered over the edge onto the tracks, said Silverberg.

“I just kind of took a quick look to see if the train was coming. I’ve got a nine-year-old so I didn’t want to get killed and leave her without a father,” said Silverberg.

“Anyhow, there was no train coming, so I just jumped down and did my best to try to pick him up, but it was pretty tough.”

Silverberg said he called out to another man for help and the man came over right away.

“And between the two of us, we got him off the track. So we got him and his wheelchair out and then we just got the heck off [the tracks].”

The man was OK, except for a few cuts on his face, said Silverberg.

A Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority video of the incident has gone viral and several media outlets have picked up the story.

Silverberg said he just did what he had to at the time.

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Two men are being called heroes by transit officials in Washington after they rescued a man who fell off a subway platform. But, at this point, no one knows who they are.

Tuesday afternoon, a man in a motorized wheelchair fell off the platform at a downtown Metro station onto an active train track. Surveillance video shows the man driving his wheelchair and then unexpectedly veering off the platform and falling face first on the tracks.

Seconds later two men quickly jumped off the platform and onto the tracks to rescue the motionless man. D.C. Metro officials say the man was 54 years old and suffered facial injuries and a bloody mouth.

Officials don’t know what caused the man to fall but believe the incident was an accident. The injured man was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Metro officials said.

Metro officials say the identities of the two good Samaritans are unknown.

New surveillance video show bystanders coming to the rescue of a disabled man who fell onto some subway tracks in Washington DC.

In the video, you see the man in a wheelchair go over the edge of the platform, falling hard onto the tracks. Bystanders immediately rushed to his aid, pulling him to safety. They also got his wheelchair off the tracks.

Security cameras caught a man in a wheelchair rolling right off the platform and onto the tracks at Washington D.C.’s metro station.

Several Good Samaritans quickly pulled him and his wheelchair back up onto the platform.

The man apparently suffered no more than a bloody lip, but was taken to a hospital to be checked out.

No word on what caused the man to roll onto the tracks. (cctv)

A 54-year-old man in a wheelchair fell onto the D.C. Metro system tracks at the U Street Station around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to D.C. Metro officials.

The man, who was motionless between the tracks after falling, was rescued by people on the platform, who also retrieved his wheelchair and alerted Metro attendants, according to surveillance video.

He sustained a bloody lip after the fall and was later taken to the hospital alert and conscious, according to Metro officials.

A group of Metro passengers jumped into action when a fellow rider, a man in a motorized wheelchair, wound up going off the platform and onto the tracks at the U Street station. (Published Tuesday, Apr 21, 2015)

Washington, D.C., Metro riders rushed to the rescue of a man who drove his motorized wheelchair onto the tracks at the U Street station Tuesday afternoon.
Two men jumped down after him and hoisted him back up to the platform in about 30 seconds as other riders also went to the edge of the platform to help. They also retrieved the wheelchair.
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The closest train was three stations away, but the third rail was hot.
While Metro acknowledged the heroics of the good Samaritans, they reminded that it’s best to wait for the station manager to cut power to the third rail.

Several METRO train riders in Washington, DC rushed to help rescue a man after his motorized wheelchair went off the platform and onto the tracks.

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