Train tracks are a dangerous place, people. If you drop something on the tracks — like your cellphone — remind yourself it just isn't worth it.
The latest video showing a death-defying attempt at rescuing a cellphone shows a young woman in Sao Paulo, Brazil being frantically pulled back to the platform as a train is coming into the station. You can see how close it was in the video above.
The woman apparently dropped her phone onto the tracks and like so many people before her, jumped onto the tracks to retrieve it. In the video notice the man who helped pull her to safety is a trained security guard. She was lucky. There have been numerous stories before where people struggled to help someone back up. Of course, others stop to record the entire episode on their phones as well.
This morning on a crowded train platform in New Jersey I actually witnessed someone watch in horror as something spilled out of her bag onto the tracks. You could see for a fleeting moment she looked up in the direction the train comes from to see if she had time to retrieve it. She looked back down. It seemed like she might really jump down to go after it. Luckily, the people around her warned her not to and a station official was called.
Numerous studies show many of us have become addicted to our mobile devices — with 60% of those responding to one survey saying they usually can't go longer than an hour without checking their phone. Sure, you can squeeze out 30 extra seconds of email or texting while you wait for the train, but if the unthinkable happens, and it's going to happen, is it really worth risking your life?
What would you do if your cellphone fell onto the tracks? Does the video scare you? Let us know in the comments.
Image courtesy Flickr, mikecogh
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