Suspect implicates himself in train death
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December 6, 2012, Thursday
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US authorities said a suspect has implicated himself in the death of a New York man who was pushed onto the tracks and photographed just before a train struck him - an image that set off an ethical debate after it appeared on the front page of the New York Post.
The suspect was taken into custody on Tuesday after investigators recovered security video showing a man fitting the description of the suspect working with street vendors near Rockefeller Center, said New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne on Tuesday.
"The individual we talked to made statements implicating himself in the incident," Browne said.
Police did not release his name and no charges were announced.
Witnesses told investigators they saw the suspect talking to himself on Monday afternoon before he approached Ki-Suck Han at the Times Square station, got into an altercation with him and pushed him into the train's path.
Han, 58, of Queens, died shortly after being struck. Police said he tried to climb a few feet to safety but got trapped between the train and the platform's edge.
The Post published a photo on its front page Tuesday of Han with his head turned toward the train, his arms reaching up but unable to climb off the tracks in time. It was shot by freelance photographer R. Umar Abbasi, who was waiting to catch a train as the situation unfolded.
He told NBC's "Today" show yesterday he was trying to alert the motorman to what was going on by flashing his camera.
He said he was shocked people nearer to the victim did not try to help in the 22 seconds before the train struck.
"The people who were standing close to him ... they could have moved and grabbed him and pulled him up. No one made an effort," he added.
Abbasi said he did not control how the images were used in the Post, but he did tell the "Today" show he had sold the images.
The suspect was taken into custody on Tuesday after investigators recovered security video showing a man fitting the description of the suspect working with street vendors near Rockefeller Center, said New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne on Tuesday.
"The individual we talked to made statements implicating himself in the incident," Browne said.
Police did not release his name and no charges were announced.
Witnesses told investigators they saw the suspect talking to himself on Monday afternoon before he approached Ki-Suck Han at the Times Square station, got into an altercation with him and pushed him into the train's path.
Han, 58, of Queens, died shortly after being struck. Police said he tried to climb a few feet to safety but got trapped between the train and the platform's edge.
The Post published a photo on its front page Tuesday of Han with his head turned toward the train, his arms reaching up but unable to climb off the tracks in time. It was shot by freelance photographer R. Umar Abbasi, who was waiting to catch a train as the situation unfolded.
He told NBC's "Today" show yesterday he was trying to alert the motorman to what was going on by flashing his camera.
He said he was shocked people nearer to the victim did not try to help in the 22 seconds before the train struck.
"The people who were standing close to him ... they could have moved and grabbed him and pulled him up. No one made an effort," he added.
Abbasi said he did not control how the images were used in the Post, but he did tell the "Today" show he had sold the images.
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