Operations would like to recognize the professionalism of all involved in last weekend’s incident where a woman fell in between the cars of the train at Pioneer Square station and became pinned against the platform. Charles Dedrick was on North Control handling this incident simultaneously while managing the Mariner’s post-game trains. Abdi Ibrahim was the first field responder who kept the Link Control Center (LCC) informed on the first responders’ arrival and assisted with passenger transfers during the single track. And most importantly, the quick reactions of the operator, Naweedullah Payam, who immediately stopped the train for this incident that occurred between his third and fourth cars of the overall train. The fire department was able to extract the woman using the jaws of life and reported that her injuries were relatively minor.

This was an excellent team response to a what could have been a tragic accident.