Passenger
Aug 6 2008, Celso Camargo

A WOMAN was thrown on to a railway line for asking two youths to stop smoking on a platform.

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Jennifer Seitz poses for a photo in October 2003, in Melbourne, Fla. Seitz worked at Florida Today from 2000 to 2004, mainly covering police news. The Coast Guard says a cruise ship surveillance camera showed someone falling overboard at 8 p.m. on...