New York Daily News

Man is OK after shove onto tracks

- Esha Ray, Rocco Parascando­la, Graham Rayman and Thomas Tracy

AN UNHINGED woman shoved a man onto the subway tracks at Union Square early Friday — but fortunatel­y for victim Stephen Ware, the potentiall­y tragic incident was accompanie­d by a stroke of good luck.

Cops patrolling on the platform saw what happened and quickly helped Ware, a 27-year-old constructi­on worker on his way home from work, escape danger before a train roared into the station.

Majorie Chambers, 57, pushed Ware onto the Brooklyn-bound Q train tracks as he walked past her about 12:15 a.m.

Ware was walking near the lip of the platform, on the yellow safety strip, when she pushed him, police said.

“Someone said ‘f--- you’ and just pushed me onto the tracks,” Ware said. “I landed on my feet and fell over. It was such a flash. I came close to the third rail.”

Cops immediatel­y reached down and pulled Ware back onto the platform. He was not hurt.

Ware didn’t know Chambers and said he wasn’t looking at her directly while he walked by — but she was nonetheles­s offended.

Chambers was charged with reckless endangerme­nt. Her arraignmen­t was pending.

She told cops that Ware had bothered her moments before the attack, a police source said.

“I guess it’s just the charm of this city,” Ware said about the experience.

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