Surveillance video has been released by Metro of an escalator malfunction at the L'Enfant Plaza Metro Station in Washington. The crowds attending the John Stewart and Stephen Colbert event on the National Mall on Oct. 30th, were huge. In fact, it was the biggest Saturday rider ship in Metro-rail history.
There are three escalators at the L'Enfant Promenade entrance to Metro. The middle one and the right one were taking people downward that day. A security camera at the bottom captured these images.
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At first both downward escalators are running at normal speed with people strolling off at the bottom. Then the middle escalator suddenly speeds up with people at first running away from the bottom to clear a path for those behind them.
Then someone falls at the bottom and a human pileup begins. After a few seconds of confusion bystanders realize people are trapped and hurt and some rush forward to help those off the pile at the bottom of the out-of-control escalator.
1 comment:
Scary! I've always been nervous on downward escalators. Now I have another reason for it.
It was nice to see people helping one another up, though.
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