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[CNJRoss]

Chicago Tribune,  9/7/17:
 

No public alert issued after man is pushed onto Loop subway tracks

 

 

Ben Benedict stood near the edge of the Washington Street subway platform, waiting for a late-night train home, when he felt a hard jab to the back and tumbled to the tracks five feet below.

 

He stopped a foot short of the third rail and immediately looked down the tracks, but didn't see the train yet, according to Benedict.  Then he looked up and saw the guy who pushed him.  He was staring at Benedict and not saying a word.

 

SNIP 

 

The attack happened more than a month ago but neither police nor the CTA have issued public alerts about it.  .  .  .

 

More here w/video interview.

[KevinKorell]

Chicago, IL Tribune, 10/10/17:
 

 

Northwestern Ph.D. grad charged with pushing man onto CTA tracks in Loop

 

The attack at a Loop CTA station was the stuff of public-transit nightmares: a man waiting on a train platform eyed a nearby stranger, came up behind him and shoved him onto the tracks below.

 

The assailant tried to block the victim from climbing back onto the platform, but seconds before a train pulled up to the station, he managed to scramble to safety with the help of others.

 

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