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Blind man, 80, rescued after falling off Metro-North platform

Originally published: January 26, 2013 12:28 PM
Updated: January 26, 2013 1:34 PM
By SARAH ARMAGHAN  sarah.armaghan@cablevision.com

A northbound train pulls into the Rye Metro-North

Photo credit: Photo by Angela Gaul | A northbound train pulls into the Rye Metro-North station. (May 31, 2012)

An elderly blind man wandered off the edge of a Metro-North train platform in Rye Saturday morning and had to be rescued by police after he fell about three feet to another ledge below, officials said.

The 80-year-old man had just gotten off a train around 9:40 a.m. and was waiting for his niece to pick him up, said Marjorie Anders, a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Transit Authority. He...

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