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He was pushed in front of a train. How did he survive?

By Katherine Rosman
New York Times·
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He was pushed in front of a train. How did he survive?
Joseph Lynskey survived after being pushed into the path of a train in a Manhattan subway station on New Year's Eve 2024. Photo / Jonah Markowitz, The New York Times

Joseph Lynskey was waiting for the subway in Manhattan last month when a random act of violence transformed his life.

Joseph Lynskey was standing on the platform of the 18th Street subway station in Manhattan, New York, waiting for a train to take him to Brooklyn on the afternoon of

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