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Subway station safety in question after collapse

After a subway platform edge in Brooklyn splintered beneath a 14-year-old boy's feet, sending him onto the Q train tracks several feet below, the teen's family Sunday called for transit officials to take quick action in making emergency station repairs throughout the system.

"I saw the train coming," said Avi Katz of Borough Park. "I ran to the platform. After a couple tries, I pulled myself...

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