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This Article is From Jul 25, 2010

US: Blind woman survives fall on railway tracks

US: Blind woman survives fall on railway tracks
New York: A visually impaired woman had a miraculous escape at a train station in the US state of Georgia after walking over the platform and falling onto the tracks as a train approached.

Addie Norfleet, narrowly missed being hit by the train coming into Sandy Springs station as horrified travellers rushed to her rescue her.

The train came to a stop just feet from where Addie Norfleet fell.

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority's caught the near miss on the platform's surveillance video on July 12.

Norfleet, who told police, she simply didn't see the edge of the platform, escaped with only minor pain in her left rib and ankle.

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