“Every time I await a train in a NYC subway station I make a conscious effort to stay away from the tracks to avoid just such a fate.”
I used to take the number 7 in the 70s. I stood away from the track with the same fear, but then there was the other fear...shoving your way into the train from the crowd that assembled around the two sliding doors and cramming up against the glass as it slammed back and forth down the track to queens...
‘anybody here from Queens? I’m from normal parents myself”.
“Every time I await a train in a NYC subway station I make a conscious effort to stay away from the tracks to avoid just such a fate.”
Me too!!!
If it’s rush hour and you stand against the wall, you’ll never get on the train. Sometimes there’s only room for two or three more people on the train, so that’s why people stand near the edge. They want to get to work on time.
I have ridden the NYC subway a few times years ago and I wondered why there wasn’t some kind of railing or a 4 foot wall along the side of the platform and a gate across the opening where you enter the train. The platform edge is a scary place.