Platforms all over the world have no barriers. Humans are supposed to be smart enough to avoid the tracks. My dog knows where to wait when he's about to cross the road. If my dog can be trained so can humans.
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SMRT fcuking dangerous! Now passengers kana !
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Platforms all over the world have no barriers. Humans are supposed to be smart enough to avoid the tracks. My dog knows where to wait when he's about to cross the road. If my dog can be trained so can humans.
mind me asking that i did not recall reading that smrt didn't follow safety procedures and got the 2 malay boys killed. my source told me that the train was supposed to be travelling at manual mode but the train driver set it to auto. smrt really is a son of a gunner!!!:oIo:
Shoot the driver but don't shoot the CEO!
http://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore-ne...cial&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1462926908
WOMAN WHO FELL INTO SMRT ESCALATOR GAP: I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE
MS AZLIN AMRAN USED TO TREK, SWIM, CYCLE, PLAY BADMINTON AND TAKE THE STAIRS UP TO HER 11TH-STOREY FLAT, BUT HER LIFE CHANGED COMPLETELY AFTER SHE FELL INTO AN ESCALATOR GAP MORE THAN THREE YEARS AGO. SHE TELLS JUDITH TAN ([email protected]) ABOUT HER STRUGGLE TO BE INDEPENDENT AGAIN
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May 11, 2016 6:00am
BY JUDITH TAN

One moment, she was on an escalator, rushing to meet friends at Paya Lebar.
The next, she had fallen into a gap on the third step of a descending escalator undergoing maintenance at Tanah Merah MRT station and was unable to move or breathe.
"One of my lungs was punctured and my face was torn open," employment support specialist Azlin Amran, 31, told The New Paper on Monday, describing the incident that changed her life on Jan 28, 2013.
"I was bleeding badly and I thought, 'This is it. I'm going to die.'"
She shouted for help - or thought she was - for over 30 minutes. Fortunately, a passer-by heard her soft cries and called the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).
"I had lost a lot of blood by then and to keep me conscious, the officers kept talking to me, asking me questions," said Ms Azlin, adding that she could not remember the contents of the conversation itself.
In a previous report, SCDF said its officers arrived to find Ms Azlin conscious and in a sitting position, stuck inside an escalator maintenance pit hole that was waist-deep and located at the upper portion of the escalator.
The rescuers had to first prise open the escalator steps next to her to create more space to effectively set up their rescue equipment.
They used a hydraulic cutter to cut away two beams within the escalator pit hole, located near Ms Azlin's leg and back.

PHOTO: MS AZLIN AMRAN'S FAMILY
Paramedics also went into the escalator pit hole to give her oxygen and they managed her spine by using a cervical collar to support her neck and head.
The rescue operation took about 25 minutes.
"I continued to tell them that I could not breathe when they loaded me into the ambulance and also at the A&E (Accident and Emergency Department)," said Ms Azlin.
She lost consciousness after she gave her mother's contact details to a doctor at the hospital.
Ms Azlin learnt about her condition from a WhatsApp group chat.
The fall had fractured her pelvis and severed the nerves in her spinal cord.
"When I came to after the operation, I was in the ICU (intensive care unit) and I could not feel my legs," she said.
"Everyone around me was trying to give me hope that I would walk again - until I got my phone back and caught up with what was being discussed in a WhatsApp group I shared with my friends."
PARAPLEGIC
Her friends were upset about her being left a paraplegic after the mishap.
"They meant well and were talking about miracles and hopes. They forgot I was able to access the conversation," said Ms Azlin.
"That was when reality hit. I spent every day in the ward crying.
"The painful part was not the accident but realising that I had lost my independence."

TNP PHOTO: JEREMY LONG
She added that she was more sad than angry, but the stubborn streak in her spurred her on.
"The physical pain was nothing compared to the mental, emotional and spiritual pain," she said.
"I refused to let them defeat me, so I worked at regaining my independence.
"I wasn't going to bank my hopes on walking again.
"Nerves do not regenerate, so that avenue was out, but I wanted my independence back. I wanted to return to work."
Ms Azlin was then working as an administrative and operations executive.
She worked hard at physiotherapy and started getting observant about her surroundings.
"For one, I have to get over my fear of escalators and taking the train," said Ms Azlin.
"The first time after the accident, when I saw an escalator track, I thought I was going to faint. I forced myself to get over the fear.
"Also, I realised the gaps between the platform and the train were huge, and without proper training on the wheelchair, I wouldn't be able to travel alone."
Today, Ms Azlin leaves for work at 6.45am, wheeling herself to the MRT station, and returning home at 6.45pm on her own.
Her mother, Madam Azizah Mohd Lajis, 55, still worries for her.
Ms Azlin said: "I know she still gets a bit teary, but I cannot let that stop me from regaining my independence."
The once sporty woman who would go trekking overseas or play badminton with friends now has to "redefine what is adventure for me".

Ms Azlin Amran.
"I used to love swimming in the sea, feeling the waves beat against my legs as I stood in it," said Ms Azlin, holding back her tears.
"Now I can't even wheel myself on the sand to dip my toes in the waters.
"Going on an adventure now is getting myself to the park where I can enjoy the natural surroundings or sitting by the sea and watching the waves lap against the sand."
But her condition has not stopped her from travelling.
"My last solo trip before the accident was to trek in Nepal. That was when there was a strike in the country," she said.
"Last year, I went on a campervan trip in New Zealand with my mother, my cousin and a friend. It was my first trip after the accident. It was different, but it was exhilarating."
BABY STEPS
Ms Azlin is back to playing badminton and was competent enough to be sent to Taiwan by the Singapore Disability Sports Council for training.
"I don't want to let my predicament get me down," she said.
"I work hard to regain my independence and not let my own powers to be taken away from me. There is satisfaction in knowing that despite being in a wheelchair, I can still work, travel and play sports."
"It's all about taking baby steps, improvising and living."
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the same goes to the British empire.
the know drug trafficking in opium will harm a nation and they as drug dealer stopped/ban the drug in England. But they blatantly sell to a nation of 300 million people for making drug money.
furthermore, to hid their shame in illegal drug trafficking biz they grow in India and make Indian slaves to grow opium (total 100%) profit plus free labour).
A rich nation with plenty of drug money, the Pommies provide:
1. free education for ALL own children and descendant.
2. Set up education and research (R&D) to fund any shit new ideas which many failed ...
ALL these at the expense of 2 great nations, Chia and India, which were once great kingdoms and dynasty, with monarchies.
Angmohs are the best, an evil and wicked race, racist bastards.
the know drug trafficking in opium will harm a nation and they as drug dealer stopped/ban the drug in England. But they blatantly sell to a nation of 300 million people for making drug money.
furthermore, to hid their shame in illegal drug trafficking biz they grow in India and make Indian slaves to grow opium (total 100%) profit plus free labour).
A rich nation with plenty of drug money, the Pommies provide:
1. free education for ALL own children and descendant.
2. Set up education and research (R&D) to fund any shit new ideas which many failed ...
ALL these at the expense of 2 great nations, Chia and India, which were once great kingdoms and dynasty, with monarchies.
Angmohs are the best, an evil and wicked race, racist bastards.
They also give free entrance to British museum to see the treasures that they raided from China last time...
If a nation is stupid enough to be overpowered by a country one tenth their size then they deserve whatever misfortune befalls them.
Chinese are stupid and greedy. It's a self destructive combination.
hahaha....again we see reports with plenty of gaps....
but if u sieve through with some common sense, the following appeared to have happened....
escalator was stopped and undergoing maintenance (if it was moving, her body would have been crushed)
there should be barricades at the top and bottom of escalator (no mentioned if this was in place)
she must have been running down the stopped escalator and stepped into the gap.....
both parties were at fault and settlement will be agreed mutually....
but if u sieve through with some common sense, the following appeared to have happened....
escalator was stopped and undergoing maintenance (if it was moving, her body would have been crushed)
there should be barricades at the top and bottom of escalator (no mentioned if this was in place)
she must have been running down the stopped escalator and stepped into the gap.....
both parties were at fault and settlement will be agreed mutually....
But Bob Marley was not born here....or the song would be " I shot the passengers, not the the CEO or the deputies"...
If Bob Marley was born in Malaysia and converted to Singaporean, the song would be "I achieved my milestone, but kept quiet when the train broke down".
chinks are not stupid, they just lack of the intuition that the westerners have, japs are highly intuitive race. that's why they able to play act and conquer the chinks in world war 2.
my OZ friends think chinese and japs are smart btw.
You don't know is due to gun powder that overpowered size? Not stupid but too how lian and conceited to think they are superior playing massive firecrackers of all size and colours to impress and scare people. Not unlike the JB Chinese doing the same thing now, feeling superior to Sporeans who have never played firecrackers before. Not knowing that they are dealing with people who are the real superior ones who know how to use guns to blow their brains up.
Yes the news said she was rushing to meet friends so it's likely she was running down the escalator. But I think even if just walking and step into the hole, the injuries could be just as bad too. 99% mrt fault not to put barricades to prevent people from using the escalator as it is quite normal to walk down the escalator that has stopped.
