Samuel L. Jackson Recalls Near-Death Experience When He Was ‘Dragged by a Subway Train’ | Samuel L. Jackson | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Samuel L. Jackson is looking back at a terrifying incident.

During a recent appearance on Paloma Faith‘s Mad Sad Bad podcast, the 76-year-old Pulp Fiction actor recalled nearly getting dragged to death by a subway in New York City years ago.

Keep reading to find out more…“I got dragged by a subway train in New York… I got dragged by the A train,” Samuel recalled. “I was in the middle door of the last car, and it was a long-ass train station. And when the door closed on my foot, [the] train took off. So I’m sitting there thinking, I’m like, ‘Oh, f‑‑k, I’m going to die.’”

Samuel said that he saw the end of the platform rapidly approaching while he was stuck in the train door.

“I could see the tunnel coming, and I couldn’t figure out anything that I could grab or hold on to and get close to the train so I wouldn’t get killed in the tunnel,” he explained.

Fortunately, someone aboard the train jumped into action and was able to stop the train before Samuel got seriously injured.

“It just slowed down really, really slow, until all of a sudden the train stopped,” the Shaft actor added.

Samuel previously shared the near-death experience in an interview with Vanity Fair in 2021. In that interview, he said that incident occurred in December 1988, caused him to tear his ACL and meniscus, which forced him to spend 10 months on crutches and more than a year in physical rehab. He sued the New York Transit Authority and was ultimately awards $540,000, according to Deseret News.

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