Sunday, February 13, 2011

#40 So THAT'S why the trains sucked yesterday...

365 Blog Challenge: Post #40

Yesterday, while enjoying my new desk chair, Scott texted me from work to report that the trains were running terribly.  This isn't exactly news on a weekend in NYC.  The MTA often does track work over the weekend and trains run wonky because of it, skipping entire sections of Manhattan while the MTA uses our tax dollars.  However, Scott, who left for work around 11:45am, was onto something yesterday.  Apparently, a Brooklyn man went on a killing spree through three boroughs over the last two days killing 4 people and injuring many more.  His escapades ended on the subway, the #3 train, where he stabbed a man in the head and neck (the man lived, phew).  This was just after the suspect had gotten off the #1 train which is the line Scott and I take from our northwestern apartment to the main areas of the city.  Kinda freaky.  Even freakier, he got off at 34th street which is my stop for work.  However, he apparently avoided the platform and stairs and walked directly across the tracks to the #3 train.  (What about the 3rd rail??)

Does this make me feel unsafe on the subway?  Not really.  There are crazy psychos everywhere.  Let's just hope there are no more using MTA anytime soon.  For more details on this story, see the CNN article and the NYTimes article by clicking the links.

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