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Woman Trapped by Metro Train as Crowds Head to Inauguration

Dave Statter, <A HREF=http://www.wusa9.com/news/columnist/blogs/2009/01/woman-trapped-by-metro-train-as-crowds.html>STATer 911</A>

01/19/2009

A 68-year-old woman somehow fell off the platform of the Gallery Place Metro as large crowds headed to The Mall for the Inauguration. DC Fire & EMS Department crews responded to the station next to the Verizon Center at 7th and F Streets, NW around 9:30 AM.

Spokesman Alan Etter says it took about 20 minutes before firefighters could free the woman. She was conscious and alert.

Gallery Place has been a hot spot this morning for large crowds heading to the Inauguration. The station sits just two block north of a checkpoint for the parade route. The station was shut down for the better part of an hour and rail traffic was disrupted.

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