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    Lisa was running late．Lisa，25，had a lot to do at work，plus visitors on the way：her parents

    were coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown．But as she hurried down the subway stairs，

    she started to feel uncomfortably warln．By the time she got to the platform，Lisa felt weak and

    tired--maybe it hadn’t been a good idea to give blood the night before，she thought．She rested

    herself against a post close to the tracks．

    Several yards away，Frank，43，and his girlfriend，Jennifer，found a spot close to where the

    front of the train would stop．They were deep in discussion about a house they were thinking of

    buying．

    But when he heard the scream，followed by someone yelling，“Oh，my God，she fell in!”

    Frank didn’t hesitate．He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on

    the rails．“No!Not you!”his girlfriend screamed after him．

    She was right to be alarmed．By the time Frank reached Lisa，he could feel the tracks shaking

    and see the light coming．The train was about 20 seconds from the station．

    It was hard to lift her．She was just out．But he managed to raise her the four feet to the

    platform so that by standers could hold her by the grins and drag her away from the edge．That was

    where Lisa briefly regained consciousness，felt herself being pulled along the ground，and saw

    someone else holding her purse．

    Lisa thought she’d been robbed．A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop

    the blood pouring from her head．And she tried to talk but she couldn’t，and that was when she

    realized how much pain she was in．

    Police and fire officials soon arrived，and Frank told the story to an officer．Jennifer said her

    boyfriend was calm on their 40一minute train ride downtown---just as he had been seconds after the

    rescue，which made her think about her reaction at the time．“I saw the train coming and 1 was

    thinking he was going to die，”she explained．