Hero averts accident at Innsbrucker Ring U-Bahn

Yesterday (December 27th, 2006) there was a accident at Innsbrucker Ring U-Bahn station. About fifty or more police were there and one of the platforms was completely taped off. I know the train itself was halfway into the tunnel. Just curious about it, does anyone know where to find out info on this?

I know I had to get about twenty different buses to get home. I hate these U-Bahn springers. They do it just to annoy me I´m sure.

From the Munich Police Press Release from today:

http://www.polizei.bayern.de/muenchen/news...ndex.html/30493

A 33-year old drunk guy tried to pee onto the tracks and fell. A 24-year old Turkish man who had just gotten off a train going in the opposite direction became aware of the man, jumped onto the tracks, and pushed the drunk man into a safe area next to the tracks. The rescuer was then himself able to jump back onto the platform just before the arriving train.

The driver of an incoming train was made aware of the man on the tracks and began an emergeny brake, but would still have hit the man on the tracks if it had not been for the 24-year old Turk.

The drunk guy suffered light injuries from his fall, but none from the train. The driver of the train experienced shock, and a 22 year old female passenger who had witnessed the events had a nervous breakdown and had to be treated by emergency services. The rescuer remained uninjured.

That guy is a hero. Wow - how many people would have the dare and the skill to do that. Hats off.

Well done that Turkish guy.

And it is well to note that the nationality of the hero is mentioned. There have sometimes been complaints here on the forum that the papers always note the nationality of accused/newly convicted criminals. They report it the other way round, too.

Girl has nervous breakdown over nothing.

Quelle surprise.

I would hardly call that nothing, Jonnyboy.

How would anyone be able to anticipate their reaction to such a drama if it happened right in front of them? I'd hope I'd have a "reasonable" reaction, but who knows?

Weird.. why did they feel the need to mention it was a Turkish guy?! Ah well, whatever, glad there were no physical injuries.

Because this is Germany where the people are super nosey..
Haven't you seen that they also post Ages too...

What nationality was the drunk guy?

The police blurb says "Ein 33-jähriger Münchner," so I'd guess German...

OT: how would you translate Münchner? That is, what would you call somebody/something from Munich? Municher? Munichian? Munichan?

I want to know that, too.

a native of Munich?

A Munchie.

A Munchkin?

I've seen "Muenchner" in English-language books, but I think that's a bit odd.

A local English-language newspaper would probably just print "a 24-year-old local man." Even though the Turkish fella may also have been born in Munich and lived here his whole life.

hee hee. I like Munchkin and Munchie. "Local man" and "native of Munich" just don't have a good ring to them. What about Munchalese? Munichano?

Munchme and Munchyou

i disagree with that. depending on where in england, ie a white guy gets rescued by a british asian, i´m sure it would be printed.

and, some turkish feel turkish first and german second so he might be ok with being described a young turkish man. for me, it doesn't make a difference whether he is german, turkish or whatever.

A Munich native is about the best there is. There doesn't seem to exist anything like Municher as is similar for, say, Londoner or New Yorker. By the way, I think there's some confusion. From the previous comments I believe it was the 33-year old drunk who was the Munich local, not the 24-year old Turkish guy who saved him. (Although the Turkish fella could be a Munich citizen too, but I don't see any mention of that.)

I've always used 'Munchkin' - the Germans don't seem to mind as few of them seem to be familiar with Der Zauber von Oz

That's right, as already mentioned three days ago.

I think its great they mention he's turkish.. considering how much crap he turkish get from the locals..it good to see them getting fair coverage.

Hmm, maybe they mentioned him being Turkish on account that maybe he's from Turkey? Like if it had been me that saved him, it would've said "a 32 year old American woman..." in German of course.

Just a thought.

Here's an NYC analogue: Miracle Under 137th Street


Some very brave, quick-thinking people out there, nicht wahr?

It was not over nothing! Drivers in this situation usually get counselling and compensation if they hit someone. If a witness was equally disturbed they too could claim on the guys Haftpflicht insurance if they suffered too. So it was quick thinking of the girl. Despite the fact that no impact occurred and it is unlikely that she would have seen the man from her vantage point. Still. It is worth a try.

In fact, just reading about it makes me want to claim damages!

I remember when the roof caved in at the Marienplatz U-Bahn station donkey's years ago that the papers mentioned "ein Mann, eine Frau und ein Ausländer wurden verletzt". I called the paper and they shame-facedly admitted that they had copied the police report and never noticed the implications.
The MVV, by the way, while commending the Turk's quick thinking, warned people not to jump into the tracks and told them to use the emergency brake system on the platforms.

Similar story from NYC yesterday:


In the article (New York Times), Mr. Autrey is described as a construction worker and Navy veteran, but the fact (seen from his photo) that he is black are not mentioned.

Mentioning his race was unnecessary precisely because they published a photo of him (so they had one less thing to worry about: "Should we mention his race or not?"). Besides, they wouldn't have written "black" but "African-American", I suppose.

I disagree, Kay. If they hadn't published his photo, there would have been no mention of his race at all.

Whereas mentioning the alleged prices of people's houses, the number of children they have and their marital status (e.g. "divorced mother-of-two Sharon Smith, who lives in a £400,000 mock-tudor mansion, ...") in every single article (like in Britain) isn't being nosey at all...

Everyday heroism is in at the moment:



A 28-yr-old waiter parked up at Gneisenaustrasse to sleep off his drink and left the heater running. The car caught fire, a 34-yr-old passer-by from Benin noticed the smoke, woke up the driver and saved his life.
source: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 4 January 2007, page 41