MMA Fighter Saves Elderly on Train Tracks

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MMA Fighter Saves Elderly on Train Tracks

On April 12 Tokyo's Toei Asakusa Line Gotanda Station was packed, when a elderly man fell onto the tracks.

He was bleeding heavily and unconscious. Onlookers, not knowing when the next train would come speeding by, were frozen.

Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto leapt onto the tracks but was unable to raise him alone. Kid called for bystanders to assist him, and they were able to move him to safety.

Word from the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation is the man in stable condition at an area hospital.
From http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news...in-track-fall/

Original article below and wow is Google translate interesting:
http://zasshi.news.yahoo.co.jp/artic...000-pseven-ent

[KeithAtTakadaDojo]

MMA Fighter Saves Elderly on Train Tracks

On April 12 Tokyo's Toei Asakusa Line Gotanda Station was packed, when a elderly man fell onto the tracks.

He was bleeding heavily and unconscious. Onlookers, not knowing when the next train would come speeding by, were frozen.

Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto leapt onto the tracks but was unable to raise him alone. Kid called for bystanders to assist him, and they were able to move him to safety.

Word from the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation is the man in stable condition at an area hospital.
From http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news...in-track-fall/

Original article below and wow is Google translate interesting:
http://zasshi.news.yahoo.co.jp/artic...000-pseven-ent

Great story. Funny that I missed this one. Guess that's what happens when you're off the net for a while.

BTW, I used to live near Gotanda station. Never saw anyone fall on the tracks there. But when they stopped the trains in nearby Meguro, I once saw a them drag some young, drunk guy off the tracks who was just down their wandering around.

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Pretty sure this is the third thread on an MMA fighter stopping a mugging or otherwise saving someone that I've read this week alone.

MMA = Superhero training? Move over, radioactive spiders.