A 40-year-old father of two in Boston has died after a tragic escalator accident. According to reports, the man fell while getting off an escalator at a subway station on February 27, and his clothes got caught in the escalator mechanism. As a result, he was seriously injured.
A video of the tragedy was recently made public. It shows people passing by the scene, but no one immediately provided help. He was stuck on the escalator for almost half an hour. Later, a transport service employee stopped the escalator and called an ambulance. The man was in a coma for ten days and died from his injuries.
Social media users are writing that the man could have survived if people had not been indifferent and provided timely assistance.