Lean Back
Here’s a salutary lesson for you impatient types.
‘Leaner’ hit by subway
By MATTHEW NESTEL, LUCY KINDER and SCOTT LUXORA man craning his neck to see if a train was arriving at a West Village subway platform yesterday was smacked in the head by the approaching train and knocked to the ground, authorities said.
The 57-year-old victim was in critical condition after being hit by the uptown 2 train at the West 14th Street station at 4:10 p.m., cops said.
The impact, which partially tore flesh from his face, sent the victim flying backward into the platform where straphangers found him semi-conscious, witnesses said.
“His hand was twitching a little, he was lying on his side,” said a Post staffer who witnessed the aftermath of the tragedy.
“He tried to push himself up. We told him to stay down and he said, ‘OK, OK.’ ”
And it turns out that, according to Gothamist, the guy who was hit was named Will Rokos, who wrote Monster’s Ball.
Got to lean back.
Holy, shitballs! That had to hurt! Lean back, indeed!
Right? Man, I’m a leaner-over too. Or I used to be. Those days are over. I like the skin on my face.