10-Year-Old-Boy Falls In Subway While Gaming (VIDEO)

This is why you should always look where you're going.

First it was a woman falling into a fountain while texting, now it's a 10-year-old Italian boy falling into a subway.

The boy, who was playing his PSP at the time, was seemingly so entrenched in his game he didn't realize he was walking onto the tracks. Luckily the train wasn't coming into the station, and policeman Alessandro Micalizzi saw him fall and was able to save him.

From Gawker:

He was with his mother and sister, and before he fell I saw them out of the corner of my eye and he was completely lost in his game and wasn't looking where he was going.

I just had a few seconds because he had got off a train and mine was due in less than a minute so I acted as quickly as I could, making sure not to touch the rails.

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Comments

[Jessica Erin]

09:20 AM on 02/10/2011

sometimes, you have to let natural selection take its course

[gene-garcon]

01:34 PM on 02/09/2011

Good that he is alive, but this shows how technology can really divert your attention from dangerous situations.

[Daniel Koerner Sr]

12:04 PM on 02/08/2011

Hes lucky hes alive.

[michelesda]

09:37 PM on 02/07/2011

Dumb dumb dumb, but he was young and lucky, so hopefully will soon heal. Hopefully also get a lot smarter.

[Max Shaw]

05:16 PM on 02/07/2011

Well there are no such things as 'extra lives' so he may want to pay attention to the game of LIFE.

[SkeeBee]

03:55 PM on 02/07/2011

Show this video to Christian Fundy Creationists.
Proof of evolution and natural selection.
Thanx Charles D.!

[mamapower]

03:10 PM on 02/07/2011

Why don't they have a rail along side the platform that would descend when the train arrives and rise when the train departs??

Its so simple!

[jmundstuk]

01:04 PM on 02/08/2011

Try costing that one out.

[PedroLeon]

01:20 PM on 02/07/2011

Kid is lucky there were people there to help.

[canfemlib]

11:37 AM on 02/07/2011

People got distracted before gaming. I've seen people walking engaged in a conversation and smack right into a signpost.

[R U Sirius]

09:58 AM on 02/07/2011

Duhhhhh.....

[Telemachus]

12:12 AM on 02/07/2011

Those birds must have been REALLY angry.

[ammsamm]

09:55 PM on 02/06/2011

Beautiful reaction by Alessandro. Thank you.

[babybecks]

08:07 PM on 02/06/2011

The ending could have turned out so much worse. A total stranger jumping into action in less than a second, saved his life. I know people get preoccupied, but you would think when your child is about to walk off a subway platform, you would notice.

[MikeyJaii]

06:22 PM on 02/06/2011

Mistake learned. Hope this will affect this the rest of his life so he will never do it again.

[tuff guy]

04:13 PM on 02/06/2011

darwinism in action.