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Radio Extra: Woman, Man Jump on Pink Line Tracks to Save Fallen Man

January 7, 2015 4:36pm | Updated January 7, 2015 4:36pm
After a man fell onto the train tracks at the Damen Pink Line stop Tuesday, Pilsen resident Trish Kahle and other CTA riders jumped into action. "Anyone else would have done the same thing," she said.
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Trish Kahle

PILSEN — A University of Chicago grad student and other CTA riders jumped into action Tuesday to rescue a man who had fallen on the Pink Line tracks at the Damen Avenue stop.

Pilsen resident Trish Kahle was waiting for her train at the Damen Pink Line "L" stop at 10 a.m. Tuesday when she noticed a man on the tracks, many feet below her.

On this DNAinfo Radio Extra, Stephanie Lulay describes the rescue, and how Kahle isn't looking to be called a hero:

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