no cell phone is worth this

lordvektra · #1 10-31-2003, 11:41 AM

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20031031_730.html

NEW YORK Oct. 31 — A man riding a Metro-North train dropped his cell phone in a toilet and got his arm stuck trying to retrieve it Thursday, forcing the train to stop and delaying the evening commute for thousands of people.
Edwin Gallart, 41, of the Bronx, was stuck with his arm in the toilet for 90 minutes, The Advocate of Stamford reported in Friday's editions.

The incident happened on the 6:19 p.m. train from Grand Central Terminal. Crew members were alerted to the problem at about 59th Street, a few blocks north of Grand Central.

"When this moron's arm went down the crapper, so did our evening commute," Metro-North spokesman Dan Brucker said.

The conductor called for a supervisor, or trainmaster, who boarded the train at 125th Street to help, Brucker said.

As the train continued north on the Harlem Line, the trainmaster tried to remove Gallart's arm from the stainless steel commode, Brucker said.

Twenty minutes later, at 6:38 p.m., police and firefighters boarded the train at Fordham station and began helping Gallart, Brucker said.

Meanwhile, passengers were evacuated and thousands of commuters were delayed because the train sat blocking the platform as the rescue work continued, Brucker said.

Other trains were prevented from reaching the platform at Fordham, and they couldn't stop at four stations to the north as well because they were prevented from switching to the correct track, Brucker said.

Firefighters tried a variety of methods to extricate Gallart's arm. They ended up taking apart the entire toilet, Brucker said.

Gallart's arm was removed from the toilet and he was treated and released from a Fordham-area hospital, Brucker said. His cell phone wasn't retrieved.

The railroad's maintenance department estimated the toilet would take two days and "several thousand dollars" to fix, Brucker said.

Gallart could not be reached Thursday night. His home phone number was not listed.

Atomis27 · #2 10-31-2003, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by lordvektra

Gallart could not be reached Thursday night. His home phone number was not listed.

Call his cell.

Ricochet · #3 10-31-2003, 12:58 PM

I bet it would get crappy reception

kittedb18bt · #4 10-31-2003, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Ricochet

I bet it would get crappy reception

u so funny ahahahahhahah

YogsVR4 · #5 10-31-2003, 01:29 PM

Let me add that as another good reason not to have a cell phone.

jon@af · #6 10-31-2003, 01:35 PM

I dont see how someone could drop it in the crapper. Who talks on the phone while pissin?

HogieGT-R · #7 10-31-2003, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ILike2DriveCars

I dont see how someone could drop it in the crapper. Who talks on the phone while pissin?

well ummmm........

SilverLotus340R · #8 10-31-2003, 01:55 PM

that is pretty stupid...

i've dropped mine in the garbage at school once...that was a messy experiance

whiteracer · #9 10-31-2003, 03:48 PM

let me be the first to say,

Sean · #10 11-01-2003, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by kittedb18bt

u so funny ahahahahhahah

I thought it was pretty funny

Oz · #11 11-01-2003, 01:37 AM

There is nothing I can add to this story. But that won't stop me from posting.

HogieGT-R · #12 11-01-2003, 01:47 AM

but wait...what if it were one of those cool T-Mobile Sidekick phones?
http://reviews.cnet.com/4505-3128_7-...ml?legacy=cnet
i want one badly

lordvektra · #13 11-01-2003, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by HogieGT-R

but wait...what if it were one of those cool T-Mobile Sidekick phones?
http://reviews.cnet.com/4505-3128_7-...ml?legacy=cnet
i want one badly

that thing is huge. if I want a palm or game boy I will buy one. but I cant stand to drag my game boy around just because its so bulky

UKGUY · #14 11-01-2003, 09:10 AM

New ring tone???

Handels Water Music?

HogieGT-R · #15 11-01-2003, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by lordvektra

that thing is huge. if I want a palm or game boy I will buy one. but I cant stand to drag my game boy around just because its so bulky

i like it in the sense that it has unlimited text messaging through aim and uses Google as a search engine. i've seen it before, and it's a bit smaller than an old game boy advance...but it's about the size of a palm pilot. i think that it's quite cool seeing as to how it's one of the only phones that work on the T when it's underground. it'd be useful to me...the old game boy advances aen't that bulky imho

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