New footage shows man fatally stuck in a Massachusetts escalator as a dozen people walk by without helping
Steven McCluskey, a 40-year-old father of two, died after becoming trapped in an escalator at Davis Station in Somerville, Massachusetts, on February 27. Surveillance footage shows him struggling for over 22 minutes while around a dozen people passed by, and it took 18 minutes for someone to call 911. Despite being revived briefly, McCluskey fell into a coma and died 10 days later; an investigation into the incident is ongoing.
- ▪Steven McCluskey became trapped in an escalator at Davis Station in Somerville, Massachusetts, on February 27 while heading down to the subway.
- ▪Newly released surveillance footage shows McCluskey struggling for over 22 minutes as around a dozen commuters walked past without helping.
- ▪It took 18 minutes for someone to call 911, and MBTA personnel did not stop the escalator or make contact with McCluskey for more than 22 minutes.
- ▪McCluskey was freed by rescuers about 30 minutes after first responders arrived, regained a pulse, but later died in the hospital 10 days after the incident.
- ▪An investigation into the incident is ongoing, and escalator safety experts have criticized the MBTA's response time as unacceptable under common carrier duty standards.
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US News New footage shows man fatally stuck in a Massachusetts escalator as a dozen people walk by without helping By Ella Morrison Published May 16, 2026, 4:32 p.m. ET Newly released surveillance footage shows the harrowing moments before a young father-of-two got fatally stuck in an escalator outside of Boston while commuters walked right by. Steven McCluskey was heading down an escalator at Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority’s Davis Station in Somerville, Mass., shortly before 5 a.m. on Feb. 27, when he appeared to lose his balance and fall at the bottom of the moving stairway, NBC10 Boston reported. McCluskey’s clothing appeared to get caught in the escalator, the footage showed.
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