News doesn't have to be completely groundbreaking; sometimes it's just a matter of getting on the T. In the article, Woman Survives Fall into Train Pit at North Station by John M. Guilfoil of the Boston Globe the story basically described one woman's tumble onto the subway tracks at North Station. The woman was intoxicated after a Celtics game and she was about to board the T. She fell onto the tracks, somehow avoided the electric third rail, and was almost hit by the subway. Lucky for her, fellow passengers on the subway signaled the driver to stop before it entered the station. The train actually stopped right on top of her.
It may not be a story about Obama approving a health care bill or about a massive deployment of troops to Iraq, but it is a story nonetheless. It is only a local story and probably won't make it on CNN or Fox News, but it is raw and dramatic. The story also has a happy ending which I feel is a rare sight in today's world. The structure couldn't be simpler. Guilfoil told the reader exactly what happened in the lead and omitted minor details about the Celtics game and the third rail for later in the article. He sorted his details by importance and came out with a very straightforward article.
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