Photo of Man’s Imminent Demise Covers Front Page of the New York Post, Sparks Outrage
A freelance photographer working for the New York Post on an unrelated assignment happened to be standing on the 49th Street station platform when 58-year-old Queens resident Ki Suk Han was suddenly pushed onto the tracks by an as-yet-unidentified assaila
“Sickening rubber-necking front page from the New York Post,” tweeted Guardian sports editor Ian Prior. “Imagine how this man’s family feels.”
“The @nypost and the employee who made the call to put the man about to die from a train on its cover are pieces of trash,” adds Howard Stern producer Lee Gerowitz. “Despicable.”