Yet another reason I hate commuting to the city...
December 13, 2007 -- A woman was seconds away from being run over by a subway train after a stranger shoved her onto the tracks at the Union Square station - but was saved by two heroes.
Suzanne Trotman, 38, suffered bruises to her legs and head after Tenesha Thompson allegedly pushed her onto the tracks of the Q line Monday evening. But she was otherwise OK, law-enforcement sources told The Post yesterday
With a train bearing down on her, the two anonymous heroes, a man and a woman, jumped down to the tracks and lifted the Brooklyn woman to safety.
The dazed Trotman, who estimated she'd been on the tracks for up to three minutes, realized what was happening when the Brooklyn-bound train was just 30 seconds from hitting her.
'I knew the train was coming, so I got up really quickly,' she told The Post. 'Good thing I didn't get knocked out.'
All the while, one thought raced through her mind.
'I kept telling myself, 'I'm not going to die like this,' ' said Trotman, the mother of a 13-year-old girl.
The two heroes managed to ma neuver her and themselves back onto the platform just as the train pulled in.
Thompson stepped aboard in a bid to escape, but witnesses held the doors open preventing the train from leaving, the sources said.
Another passenger ran up the stairs and found a cop, who came down and arrested Thompson, according to the sources.
Trotman, returning to Brooklyn from her job at a day-care center, said the terrifying incident started as 'I was just looking [out from the platform] for the train and all of a sudden, I felt the person push me.
'I hit my head and I bruised my leg. She just pushed me. I don't have a clue why.
'I guess there are just crazy people out there.'
Just before the attack, witnesses said Thompson, 24, of The Bronx, had been talking to no one in particular. She repeatedly said, 'You don't know what she did to me.'
Thompson was charged with reckless endangerment and assault and is locked up at Rikers Island awaiting a court date tomorrow.
Trotman has not been on the subway since, but plans never to stand close to the edge the next time she ventures down.
'I just want to thank all the people who helped me and saved my life,' she said.
'You hear stories of things like this, but you don't think it can ever happen to you.'
Suzanne Trotman, 38, suffered bruises to her legs and head after Tenesha Thompson allegedly pushed her onto the tracks of the Q line Monday evening. But she was otherwise OK, law-enforcement sources told The Post yesterday
With a train bearing down on her, the two anonymous heroes, a man and a woman, jumped down to the tracks and lifted the Brooklyn woman to safety.
The dazed Trotman, who estimated she'd been on the tracks for up to three minutes, realized what was happening when the Brooklyn-bound train was just 30 seconds from hitting her.
'I knew the train was coming, so I got up really quickly,' she told The Post. 'Good thing I didn't get knocked out.'
All the while, one thought raced through her mind.
'I kept telling myself, 'I'm not going to die like this,' ' said Trotman, the mother of a 13-year-old girl.
The two heroes managed to ma neuver her and themselves back onto the platform just as the train pulled in.
Thompson stepped aboard in a bid to escape, but witnesses held the doors open preventing the train from leaving, the sources said.
Another passenger ran up the stairs and found a cop, who came down and arrested Thompson, according to the sources.
Trotman, returning to Brooklyn from her job at a day-care center, said the terrifying incident started as 'I was just looking [out from the platform] for the train and all of a sudden, I felt the person push me.
'I hit my head and I bruised my leg. She just pushed me. I don't have a clue why.
'I guess there are just crazy people out there.'
Just before the attack, witnesses said Thompson, 24, of The Bronx, had been talking to no one in particular. She repeatedly said, 'You don't know what she did to me.'
Thompson was charged with reckless endangerment and assault and is locked up at Rikers Island awaiting a court date tomorrow.
Trotman has not been on the subway since, but plans never to stand close to the edge the next time she ventures down.
'I just want to thank all the people who helped me and saved my life,' she said.
'You hear stories of things like this, but you don't think it can ever happen to you.'
