When I heard about this back when it happened, it seemed like life imitating art.

There was a cop show in the 1990's called "Homicide: Life on the Streets" and in one episode a guy (played by Vincent D'Onofrio) gets pushed into the path of an oncoming subway train.

He is pinned between the side of the train and the wall, and still alive and conscious, but the bottom half of his body has been twisted around, and only the pressure from the train is keeping his blood and guts in place, so he will die as soon as they jack the train up to get him out.

The homicide detectives are brought in to determine if it was an accident or murder, so the main detective is effectively questioning a dead man to find his murderer, while trying to comfort him and not telling him outright that he's about to die.

In the end, they find that it was just a random mentally ill man who pushed him for no reason. It was one of the most devastating episodes of any show I've ever seen on TV, and it sticks with me to this day.

Also, any time I have to ride a subway, I stand well away from the platform edge, and I check my surroundings constantly.

Apparently, the episode was inspired by THIS.