Shanghai:
A 28-year-old dare devil said he filmed himself as he jumped onto the tracks in front of a train on the Shanghai subway, as he thought it would be an "exciting" thing to do.
On July 24, at 10:30pm local (02:30 GMT), Mr. Tang was the only person on the platform when he filmed the train approaching and then jumped down onto the tracks, lying down between them as the train came to a halt over him.
Security camera footage showed the entire incident - and Tang climbing back onto the platform as an anxious train conductor came out to see what happened.
Tang told the driver that he had accidentally fallen onto the tracks.
But the video footage clearly showed Tang willingly jumping down onto the tracks, so it wasn't long before investigators caught up with him.
Police said the driver braked the train immediately when he spotted Tang jumping down, then he came out of the train and found that Tang was not injured.
Tang admitted he did the stunt for fame - thinking that it would make him popular on the internet.
After being detained by police, Tang gave the reasons for his reckless actions.
He said, "(I thought) if I filmed from under the train, I would get a great view down there as the train passes over. I thought it would be interesting, so I wanted to do it. If it is posted on the internet, it would get lots of clicks and be very exciting."
On July 24, at 10:30pm local (02:30 GMT), Mr. Tang was the only person on the platform when he filmed the train approaching and then jumped down onto the tracks, lying down between them as the train came to a halt over him.
Security camera footage showed the entire incident - and Tang climbing back onto the platform as an anxious train conductor came out to see what happened.
Tang told the driver that he had accidentally fallen onto the tracks.
But the video footage clearly showed Tang willingly jumping down onto the tracks, so it wasn't long before investigators caught up with him.
Police said the driver braked the train immediately when he spotted Tang jumping down, then he came out of the train and found that Tang was not injured.
Tang admitted he did the stunt for fame - thinking that it would make him popular on the internet.
After being detained by police, Tang gave the reasons for his reckless actions.
He said, "(I thought) if I filmed from under the train, I would get a great view down there as the train passes over. I thought it would be interesting, so I wanted to do it. If it is posted on the internet, it would get lots of clicks and be very exciting."
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