VIDEO:Elderly Woman Gets Thrown Off The Train For Singing Hymns!

Next time a song is in your head, just make sure you keep it there.

The family of an elderly Florida woman is furious after seeing a video of her violently thrown off a commuter train because she was singing spirituals.

Emma Anderson, 82, claims she was injured by a Metro-Dade Transit security guard when he roughly yanked her from a train seat and escorted her off on Feb. 20.

“I was beating my little beads with the bottle and I was singing a song, and he came up to me and said, ‘Ma’am, you’re making too much noise,’” Anderson told ABC News affiliate WPLG.

A passenger started recording Anderson and the guard’s interaction on his cell phone. The video shows Anderson being forcibly removed from the train.
“By what we saw on the footage, she was dragged off the train. She wasn’t escorted,” Anderson’s son, Kenny Anderson, 42, told ABC News. “She was just singing to the Lord, preaching to the Lord, and he grabbed her bag and drug her off the train.”

Kenny says the security guard pulled the bag his mother was holding so hard that she fell backwards and hurt herself.

“We took her to the hospital and they took X-rays. Doctors say she has a bruised hip and shoulder,” Anderson said.

Now the family is considering legal action. But a spokesperson for Miami-Dade Transit said that Anderson was being disruptive.

“The elderly passenger, Ms. Anderson, who was escorted from a Metrorail train, was initially asked by a security guard to refrain from singing loudly and playing an instrument while on the train. She refused to comply.”
The spokesperson said singing, dancing or playing an instrument are prohibited without permit.

“Ms. Anderson’s singing was causing a disturbance to other passengers and impeding important train announcements from being heard. We regret that Ms. Anderson had to eventually be escorted out, but regardless of age, all passengers need to abide by the rules associated with using transit,” the statement said.

Her singing might have been annoying, but the security guard didn't have to throw all her stuff out the door!

SOURCE: ABC