Terre'Blanche served three years in prison after being convicted in 2001 of assaulting a gas station worker and a security guard, both of whom were black.

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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.

ENGADGET: Woman plummets onto subway tracks while carelessly texting

Another worker at the power station is seriously ill.

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He was a blue-collar worker, worked at a pumping station in Chicago.

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