A man escaped being crushed into a cartoon-like flatness by a New York subway train by the skin of his teeth, according to a report by the New York Post.<br /><br />Passengers at the Union Square subway station on Saturday recall hearing sudden screams and seeing 55-year-old Ralph Mercado in the middle of tracks as a train hurdled toward the station.<br /><br />Onlookers attempted to help the man, but there wasn't enough time.<br /><br />"I heard screaming. He was reaching out to the people reaching out to help him, but there wasn't enough time to grab him," eyewitness Suzannah Troy told the New York Post.<br /><br />Thinking quick, Mercado dove underneath the trough between the rail tracks.<br /><br />"He did like a push up and went down. It rolled right over him," she said. "The train was moving as slow as possible."<br /><br />Lying on his belly, he watched as the train rolled safely over him. He escaped the ordeal with only a bruised left hand.<br /><br />Mercado claimed to have acted the hero and jumped on the tracks to save a woman, whom witnesses say they didn't see. According to the New York Post report, Mercado is currently undergoing a psychiatric evaluation.<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />TomoNews is your daily source for top animated news. We've combined animation and video footage with a snarky personality to bring you the biggest and best stories from around the world. Check out our official website: http://us.tomonews.net/ <br /><br />For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:<br />https://www.youtube.com/user/TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Subscribe to stay updated on all the top stories:<br />http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Stay connected with us here:<br />Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Google+ http://gplus.to/TomoNewsUS
