The commuter who WAS rescued after falling on to tracks as train approached
- Follows death of New York man photographed struggling to get back onto the platform before being hit and killed by a train
By DANIEL MILLER
PUBLISHED: 11:51 GMT, 11 December 2012 | UPDATED: 13:24 GMT, 11 December 2012
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Commuters in China saved the life of a man who had fallen onto the tracks in the path of an approaching train.
The dramatic rescue comes just a week after a New York resident was shoved onto the tracks and filmed by fellow passengers struggling to get back onto the platform before being hit and killed by a train.
Reports of 58-year-old Ki-Suck Han's horrifying death, including the use of a picture - taken seconds before he was hit - on the front page of a popular New York newspaper, have sparked fierce criticism.
Seconds from death: Commuters managed to save the life of this Chinese rail passenger who fell onto the tracks in at a metro station in Beijing
Some people were shocked that no one had gone to help Mr Han while others dubbed the coverage 'gratuitous, not news' and 'sickening rubber-necking'.
In the latest incident at Beijing's Sihui Metro Station witnesses said the man began swaying, closed his eyes and collapsed head first onto the tracks.
Hundreds of passengers who were waiting for the train to arrive signalled frantically to the driver who managed to pull up just in time.The power was then cut and the man was pulled up from the tracks and came to senses.
Staff administered first aid and called an ambulance, but the man insisted on leaving before it arrived claiming he couldn't afford to go to hospital.
New Yorker Ki-Suck Han was killed when he was pushed onto the subway tracks at 49th Street station into the path of an oncoming train.
Commuters frantically signalled the driver who managed to pull up in time. The power was then cut and the man hauled back onto the platform
The injured passenger was given first aid at the scene but refused to go to hospital because he could not afford the cost
Naeem Davis, accused of shoving Han on the tracks, is in Riker's Island told reporters he hopes to cut a plea deal for manslaughter.
The incident at 49th Street station was captured in dramatic photographs of the train bearing down on the victim by a freelance photographer.
Controversial: The New York Post cover which showed the final moments of the rail passenger's life
Mr Han can be seen trying to clamber back onto the platform as the train approaches but he was no one on the platform tried to assist him.
The incident has led to soul searching in New York and raised questions about why nobody rushed to the victim's aid.
A photograph which appeared on the cover of the New York Post showing the final moments of Han's life as he tried to scramble back onto the platform has been the subject of national controversy.
R. Umar Abbasi, a freelance photographer for the tabloid Post, said he rapidly shot dozens of frames so that his flash might alert the motorman and that he himself was too far away to help.
Seconds later the train struck and killed Mr Han.
His actions have provoked a furious reaction with many claiming he, and other passengers, should have made more of an effort to help rescue Mr Han.
The newspaper featured one of Mr Abbasi's photographs on its front page under the headline 'Doomed'.
Others have questioned whether trains arriving at Subway station should slow down to give the driver a chance to stop should they need to.