Rutgers Tube Posted December 9, 2009 Share #1 Posted December 9, 2009 Does anyone know anything about this: http://gothamist.com/2009/12/08/passengers_locked_with_perp_on_q_tr.php Just weeks after a horrifying murder on the D train in which straphangers were locked in a subway car with the suspect until police arrived, a Gothamist tipster describes a scary — though thankfully less violent — incident on the Q train this morning in which commuters were locked in a car with an aggressive passenger in the 34th Street station. Guy jumped on the train and pulled the emergency - then became extremely belligerent and began threatening - the clueless conductor then locked us all in together, with no way out - disbelief, anger, some fright and panic then ensued - this went on for 5 minutes - I made my way to the other end and tried the door to the next car, but it was locked - after an eternity, and announcements which made no sense because the train crew either had no idea what was going on or what to do, the doors finally opened and I'm told by other passengers that he got away - I went up to the conductor and she said the cops took him, but others said she lied, there were several there and told her so - she didn't have a clue so I took her picture but she turned away and hid - the threatening guy yelled he pulls the chain all the time - is this really the MTA's protocol, to lock us all in together with potential violence? A spokesman for MTA Transit confirmed that someone pulled the emergency brake on the northbound Q train at 9:20 am, and that the train did not begin moving again until 9:28 am. He explained that when someone pulls the cord — which also occurred following the murder of Dwight Johnson last month — the train crew contacts the control center, which in turn alerts police. The NYPD then advises the control center on how to respond, and that message is relayed to the train crew. The spokesman said the agency doesn't always lock passengers in their cars during criminal incidents, but handles the situation on a "case by case" basis. An NYPD spokesman said he had not been informed of any incident at the 34th Street station this morning. Anyone else happen to be on that Q train this morning? If those were R68A cars, aren't the storm doors locked at all times, in which case the "clueless conductor" didn't lock the doors in response to the situation at all, that the doors were already locked and someone is again commenting out of their ass? Please fill me in here. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTrain Posted December 9, 2009 Share #2 Posted December 9, 2009 Scary moment. If that was a R160 he'd be running around at least five cars of that train. There were and trains running on the local track right after Canal Street, that's all I heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanfortitude Posted December 9, 2009 Share #3 Posted December 9, 2009 and nobody got up to take this guy on...why? or did i miss something and he was armed? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColumbiaDeath Posted December 9, 2009 Share #4 Posted December 9, 2009 and nobody got up to take this guy on...why? or did i miss something and he was armed? :confused: If the guy did nothing, no action needed to be taken. Perhaps scary and intimidating, yes. But clearly nothing actually happend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanfortitude Posted December 9, 2009 Share #5 Posted December 9, 2009 He pulled the emergency and started threatening people. That would be enough to spark action in my opinion I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTrain Posted December 9, 2009 Share #6 Posted December 9, 2009 I think the passengers were scared to even take this dude on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanfortitude Posted December 9, 2009 Share #7 Posted December 9, 2009 I think the passengers were scared to even take this dude on. Yeah you're probably right. I can't say I'd be all high mighty and heroish if it were me. Just sometimes I question this stuff. You can't really say what you'd do in a situation till it actually happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTrain Posted December 9, 2009 Share #8 Posted December 9, 2009 Yeah you're probably right. I can't say I'd be all high mighty and heroish if it were me. Just sometimes I question this stuff. You can't really say what you'd do in a situation till it actually happens. In my honest opinion, a good fellow would have subdued the man, but according to this report, he wasn't all that violent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTOMan Posted December 9, 2009 Share #9 Posted December 9, 2009 Does anyone know anything about this: http://gothamist.com/2009/12/08/passengers_locked_with_perp_on_q_tr.php If those were R68A cars, aren't the storm doors locked at all times, in which case the "clueless conductor" didn't lock the doors in response to the situation at all, that the doors were already locked and someone is again commenting out of their ass? Please fill me in here. Thanks. Yep those doors are locked at all times if it was an R68 the person has no clue what they was saying but im not surprised... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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