A #6 train stops before midnight on December 19, 2005 in the Brooklyn Bridge station of the New York City subway system in New York City. The subway and bus strike called by the Transport Workers Union 100 is expected to affect more than 7 million riders
A man found himself knocked down to the tracks of a New York City subway station after trying to intervene in a fight Saturday, police said.
The 64-year-old moved to step in at the 125th Street Station in East Harlem, approaching the group on the northbound 6 train platform, the NYPD said Sunday.
Instead, the man found himself shoved down to the tracks where he suffered a leg laceration before making it to safety.
A 38-year-old suspect has been taken into custody on charges of reckless endangerment, harassment and assault.
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