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<b>Carol Berman, 83</b><br>
Fell at Lawrence on Sept. 28, 2006<br>
Home: Lawrence<br>
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<font size=2>"I was in New York on a visit to the Frick Museum and had lunch with friends, and then I walked to the LIRR and made a three o'clock train. I exited the train at four o'clock at the Lawrence station and, as I exited, I made a step that didn't take me onto the platform but took me into the gap. I fell down all the way into it.<br>
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"I've had a lot of pain and suffering and a lot of time to reflect on it. I'm at least grateful that my fall and Newsday's continuing focus on this problem have finally caused some of the tracks to be moved and some of the gaps to be lessened. I'm only sorry that all of them aren't fixed.<br>
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"At this juncture, I can't walk without a walker, without an assistant, and I have physical therapy several times a week. I hope that I will be able to walk again, travel again, and do all the things by myself that I always did. I wouldn't be able to handle the railroad today without an assistant or two.<br>
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"I think it's an outrage that for several years, until this accident happened to me, nothing was done to correct the situation. I feel that I was a catalyst for change, for the good.</font>

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Carol Berman, 83
Fell at Lawrence on Sept. 28, 2006
Home: Lawrence

"I was in New York on a visit to the Frick Museum and had lunch with friends, and then I walked to the LIRR and made a three o'clock train. I exited the train at four o'clock at the Lawrence station and, as I exited, I made a step that didn't take me onto the platform but took me into the gap. I fell down all the way into it.

"I've had a lot of pain and suffering and a lot of time to reflect on it. I'm at least grateful that my fall and Newsday's continuing focus on this problem have finally caused some of the tracks to be moved and some of the gaps to be lessened. I'm only sorry that all of them aren't fixed.

"At this juncture, I can't walk without a walker, without an assistant, and I have physical therapy several times a week. I hope that I will be able to walk again, travel again, and do all the things by myself that I always did. I wouldn't be able to handle the railroad today without an assistant or two.

"I think it's an outrage that for several years, until this accident happened to me, nothing was done to correct the situation. I feel that I was a catalyst for change, for the good. (Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara)

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