--- description: Survival by lying on tracks as subway approached is called 'miraculous' title: Blind Los Angeles Man Survives Fall onto Train Tracks image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Accident](/tag/accident/) ## Accident Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Blind Man Survives Fall From Train Platform by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 7, 2014 12:59 PM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 7, 2014 12:59 PM CUT A blind man [survived](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/blind-man-survives-track-fall-la-train-arrives "undefined") a fall onto a Los Angeles subway track on Thursday, laying down on the tracks st the train arrived. The man fell from the platform as a Red Line train approached a stop in the city’s Koreatown neighborhood, the Associated Press reports. Two train cars passed over the 47-year-old man, who has not yet been identified, before the train was able to stop. Paul Gonzales, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority, called it a “miraculous occurrence,” the AP reports. “The man is exceedingly lucky to be alive,” he said. \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/blind-man-survives-track-fall-la-train-arrives "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/15530/blind-man-survives-fall-from-train-platform/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/15530/blind-man-survives-fall-from-train-platform/"},"headline":"Blind Man Survives Fall From Train Platform","datePublished":"2014-03-07T12:59:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:38:36.823Z","description":"Survival by lying on tracks as subway approached is called 'miraculous'","url":"https://time.com/15530/blind-man-survives-fall-from-train-platform/","keywords":["Accident","Transportation","los angeles","cities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/accident/","name":"Accident"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/15530/blind-man-survives-fall-from-train-platform/","name":"Blind Man Survives Fall From Train Platform"}}]}] ```