This morning, a man fell from the Roosevelt Island F Train subway station platform onto the Tracks.
There is no F service between 57 St and 21 St-Queensbridge in either direction while emergency teams respond to a person who fell onto the tracks at Roosevelt Island.
NYCT Subway. Wear a Mask. (@NYCTSubway) March 2, 2021
F trains are running on the M line between 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr and 36 St in both directions. pic.twitter.com/kZyQUE8Zh1
According to a MTA spokesperson:
At approx. 9:47 a.m. a person fell onto the tracks at Roosevelt Island. Normal service resumed at 10:37 a.m.
A FDNY spokesperson adds
Units responded to 449 main st/Roosevelt Island for a report of a trauma/man under train at 09:53 .Power was shut off and victim was removed from the track.
1 patient transported to Cornell
A Tipster shares video of emergency workers rescuing the man stuck under F Train.
The cause of man falling onto tracks is unknown at this time.
When asked this afternoon, the NYPD had no record of the incident.
UPDATE 3/3 – According to NYPD spokesperson:
On March 2, 2021 at 09:50am in the confines of the 114th Precinct there was a 911 call of a man under at the Roosevelt Island Subway station on the F line.
Police responded to the scene where an aided male fell to the roadbed. Aided was removed from the roadbed conscious and alert with a possible broken leg. Aided did not make contact with the train. Aided was removed from the scene by EMS to Cornell Hospital.
No criminality is suspected.
The man appeared to have fainted and fell to the roadbed.