How many people die each year from being pushed in front of a subway
train in New York City?  Looking for the average number of deaths over
a period of, say, the last 5 years.

Hello sjsnyc-ga,

It appears that only one person has died in the period 1999-2003 from
being pushed in front of a New York City subway train.  The articles
on such incidents, including articles in the past 8 days, consistently
cite only one death: Kendra Webdale in 1999.  Presumably, if other
people had died, at least some articles would mention that.

The articles do describe other incidents where people were injured
when pushed in front of a subway train, as well as other times when
people were pushed onto the subway tracks or nearly were.

"Alive Despite the Odds", by Melanie Lefkowitz and Marc Parry (August
14, 2003)
New York Newsday
http://www.nynewsday.com/nyc-nypush143413944aug14,0,7185615.story?coll=nyc-topheadlines-left

"Plea for platform safety from 2 racked by tragedy" (August 14, 2003)
NY Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/108990p-98500c.html

"Grand Central Subway Push Victim Expected To Survive" (Nov 16, 2001)
ABC 7 Eyewitness News
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/WABC_111601_gcpush.html

"A Call for Safety" (Newsday, 06/07/00) [second-to-last article on
page]
NYC Surveillance Camera Project -- Surveillance Camera News
http://www.mediaeater.com/cameras/news/6-2000.html

- justaskscott-ga


I used various combinations of the following terms on Google, Google
Groups, and Ixquick:

pushed
"in front of"
subway
"new york"
webdale
kendra
goldstein
crismon
rivera
perez
ramsamy
"jackson roman"

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Clarification of Answer by justaskscott-ga on 22 Aug 2003 16:38 PDT

I forgot to mention: I also searched several New York news sources for
the word: crismon.  I figured that these articles would give the most
up-to-date information on such incidents.