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Four Generations Underground

memoir published by The Subway Chronicles, Nov. 8, 2005
Perhaps most notable is the tale of a mentally ill aunt who jumped onto the train tracks. She was so thin that when she lay down between the tracks, three train cars passed by without so much as scraping her. I should mention that this was not the first time this happened. She made the cover of the New York Post the next day: "Miracle Woman Survives Second Leap." (excerpt)