Before the train came to a halt, I too jumped off.

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Subsequently, she plummeted a few feet down onto the subway tracks, only to be saved by a station worker who fearlessly hopped down to rescue her SMS-focused mind (and body, too) as the oncoming train screeched to a halt just 20 meters before running her over.

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But Korzenski has no plans to halt the gravy train.

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Train traffic also ground to a halt in places, in addition to air and road travel.

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It ground to a halt in Kent at about 2245 GMT, but the train brought in to replace it did not arrive at London's St Pancras station until 0235 GMT on Monday.

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But those most inconvenienced were aboard a train that left New York early Friday morning ended up grinding to a halt at 11 p.m. that night in Prince, West Virginia, after trees blocked tracks both in front of and behind it, Amtrak spokesman Steve Kulm said.

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The train, thought to have been one of the final departures out of the city before officials ordered the travel halt, was stopped at about 8:22 a.m. and allowed to proceed about 45 minutes later, the spokesman said.

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