November 1, 2003

• Man Gets Arm Stuck In Metro-North Toilet

  
  

  NEW YORK -- A man riding a Metro-North train dropped his cell phone in a toilet and got his arm stuck trying to retrieve it Thursday...

  
  

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

  
  

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

  
  

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

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