A woman dropped her gym bag on the tracks of a crowded Upper East Side subway station yesterday — then made the fatal decision to jump after it as screaming straphangers watched in horror, The New York Post reported.The 48-year-old victim was crushed by a northbound No. 6 train barreling into the 77th Street Station below Lexington Avenue as she tried desperately to claw her way back to the platform.
"She had one choice to make and seconds to make it," said Alfonso McGruder, 55, of The Bronx, who witnessed the tragedy. "She didn't make the one that would have saved her life.
"She tried to go under the platform because the train was bearing down on her. Then she tried to climb onto the platform, but she couldn't do that. Then she just froze."
Rose Mankos lost her life trying to retrieve a nylon LeSportsac bag filled with exercise clothes, toiletries and her cellphone, sources said. "People were yelling at the lady on the tracks when they saw the train coming," said Hakeem Nhl, 53, a vendor on the opposite platform. "People were screaming, 'Oh, my, God! Oh, my God!'
Witnesses reported that the train operator sounded his horn eight times and attempted to brake. "I think she just went into shock knowing that the train was seconds from hitting her. It looked like she just gave up," McGruder said. Mankos died as soon as she was struck at around 3:45 p.m.
"You could see some woman with her head stuck in between the train [and the platform] and her arms sticking out," recalled witness Andrew Pistella, 30. "Some guy was screaming, 'Is this real? Is this real?' It looked like a mannequin."
It was bedlam on the platform, with children, teenagers and old ladies shrieking hysterically, witnesses said.
"Who drops their [bag] down there, then jumps down there to get it?" Pistella asked.
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Jesus Christ, this is awful. But I was struck by the first quote: "She had one choice to make and seconds to make it." Is this Alfonso McGruder from the Bronx looking to get into movie trailer voiceovers? Because he really sold me on the drama.
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