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Only in NYC: Deadman on subway train not noticed for 6 hours.

Minoriteeburg
20-01-2006, 21:36
Man Found Dead On NYC Subway May Have Been Dead For Hours

POSTED: 11:15 am EST January 20, 2006

NEW YORK -- A man was found dead on a New York City subway car during morning rush hour, and his lifeless body may have ridden on the train for about six hours.

The body of Eugene Reilly, 64, was discovered shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday in the last car of the Q subway train in the 14th Street-Union Square station, said James Anyansi, a NYC Transit spokesman.

The train was evacuated while emergency medical technicians were called to the scene.

There were no signs of foul play or injuries, and an autopsy was scheduled to determine the cause and time of death, authorities said.

Reilly, a Postal Service employee, typically worked a 4 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. shift as a mail handler in midtown Manhattan. If Reilly left work at the usual time and died during the 35-minute trip home to Brooklyn, then his body could have been on the train for more than six hours before being noticed.

In June 1999, the body of a man was found on a No. 1 train. He apparently had been dead for five hours before anyone noticed.


aren't they trying to make cellphone communication possible in subways now so people can alert police on possible terrorists or suspicious people, yet they don't even notice a dead guy?
Megaloria
20-01-2006, 21:39
Time for a transfer to the D.L.O., I suppose.
Minoriteeburg
20-01-2006, 21:50
Time for a transfer to the D.L.O., I suppose.


D.L.O. ??
Megaloria
20-01-2006, 21:51
D.L.O. ??

Dead Letter Office.
Carnivorous Lickers
20-01-2006, 21:53
people dont want to get involved.
Maybe it looked like he was sleeping. I dont think its a big deal.
Lt_Cody
20-01-2006, 23:49
Unless it was obvious (i.e. he's sprawled out across the floor) most people will assume you're just some bum trying to catch some sleep.
Stone Bridges
21-01-2006, 00:02
I'm suprised the conductor didn't notice though. I mean, it's kind of strange when you go over your route once or twice and the guy never gets off.
Deep Kimchi
21-01-2006, 00:05
Well, once rigor sets in, he's just going to sit there until someone knocks him over, or the car stops too fast.

Then they'll notice.

If it took much longer, even if he smelled, they would just think he was some homeless person until the rot and maggots were obvious.
M3rcenaries
21-01-2006, 00:07
This story was in Collateral, well not thsi story but a similar issue was in it. It started with Jamie Foxx saying something about a dead guy riding around the LA train system for hours with out being noticed and it ended with Tom Cruise dying on the subway.
[NS]Simonist
21-01-2006, 00:42
I'm suprised the conductor didn't notice though. I mean, it's kind of strange when you go over your route once or twice and the guy never gets off.
The conductors don't always run through the cars between every route-end. They've got better things to do. Like, y'know....get ready for the next route and make sure they keep on time.