[sodpoodle]

What part of moving train did she not understand?

Must have been one of those $700 purses you need to hold the money you no longer got.

[library user]

Slow news day. :D

[Doogle]

I saw that earlier and thought the same thing, but after viewing a few times, I think the strap of the purse was around her arm (wrist) and she had to struggle to get her arm out of the strap.....

[Clock King]

Sounds like a cartoon episode. Life imitating Art?

[gimme1ibertee]

Just....damn. Good thing it wasn’t a child or seeing eye dog stuck in those doors.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

Did she die?! It doesn’t say.

[Dogfaced Soldier]

Reminds me of John Tierney column from the New York Times from 10 years ago in which he developed a math quiz that most New Yorkers could relate to. Here are a couple of questions and answers relevant to the incident on the Red Line:

Q 1. The doors are closing as you reach the subway train, but you just manage to stick a hand between them. Your move delays the train 10 seconds as the doors reopen and you climb aboard. You have saved yourself a three-minute wait until the next train. If there are 1,800 passengers on the train, how much total time have they lost?

A1: Five hours.

Q2. If the train had started moving with your hand stuck in the door, how many of the passengers would have felt sorry?

A2: One, if you count yourself as a passenger.

[wbarmy]

I wonder if she eventually got her bag back, or did it disappear at the next stop?