realizm Posted October 15, 2014 Share #1 Posted October 15, 2014 The video was almost cartoonlike in its antics, something Wile E. Coyote might have conceived: a trapdoor to the street — really, an emergency exit for the subway — opens slowly and a head appears. Suddenly, a young man jumps out of his hiding spot, throws a smoke bomb toward Bar Pitti, a restaurant in the West Village, slides back into his rabbit hole and disappears. While various theories — including a longstanding feud between the owners of Bar Pitti and a neighboring restaurant, Da Silvano — were being floated around the neighborhood as possible reasons for the episode on Friday, the police have not identified a motive or a suspect. The police said the smoke bomb was a “commercially made pyrotechnic smoke generalizer that emitted a red smoke.” No injuries were reported, but the case raised security concerns for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Kevin Ortiz, the spokesman for the authority, said on Tuesday that the agency was still investigating how the young man had gotten to that emergency exit. Read more: Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA Dude Posted October 15, 2014 Share #2 Posted October 15, 2014 Now that's a crime they need to stop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacemak3r Posted October 16, 2014 Share #3 Posted October 16, 2014 Now that's a crime they need to stop! You didn't know? NYPD is putting all their efforts for the panhandlers on the subway. No time for this. </sarcasm> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted October 16, 2014 Share #4 Posted October 16, 2014 I saw this on the news. Man that guy is fast. But I wouldn't blame the for this. I would blame terrorists instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted October 16, 2014 Share #5 Posted October 16, 2014 Based on what RTO members have posted here, I thought all those emergency grates had alarms on them, and there is some elaborate system where you need to call a number and give the daily code or police respond any time one of those exits are opened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted October 16, 2014 Share #6 Posted October 16, 2014 Based on what RTO members have posted here, I thought all those emergency grates had alarms on them, and there is some elaborate system where you need to call a number and give the daily code or police respond any time one of those exits are opened? There is one, but it's unclear as to whether any alarms actually went off. That being said, the alarm wouldn't have gone off until the grate was actually opened, so it probably wouldn't have done very much to stop this from happening. To be perfectly honest, given the large amount of access points within the subway system it'd be next to impossible to prevent people from getting to the subway grates; those need to be kept accessible, god forbid we have a train fire or something in a tunnel and there needs to be a mid-station evacuation via the grates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted October 16, 2014 Share #7 Posted October 16, 2014 There is one, but it's unclear as to whether any alarms actually went off. That being said, the alarm wouldn't have gone off until the grate was actually opened, so it probably wouldn't have done very much to stop this from happening. To be perfectly honest, given the large amount of access points within the subway system it'd be next to impossible to prevent people from getting to the subway grates; those need to be kept accessible, god forbid we have a train fire or something in a tunnel and there needs to be a mid-station evacuation via the grates. That is true. As long as the alarm goes off, so that police can respond quickly, they should be able to prevent any major criminal or terrorist acts from occurring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Depot Posted October 16, 2014 Share #8 Posted October 16, 2014 They sell these things online, it probably wasn't to hard to get a hold of one. My question is... why the restaurant? Professional grade Smoke Grenades for sale: http://sportsmoke.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biGC323232 Posted October 16, 2014 Share #9 Posted October 16, 2014 Wow...Some ppl need to get a life... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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