Posted on 05/13/2020 10:09:37 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The subway operator bloodied by a knife-wielding woman who broke into his cab last week while he was driving the train told The Post the experience was so devastating he may quit the job entirely.
“Nobody has our back. It’s like we signed up to die,” said Eric Shepard, 41, a third-generation train operator who has been driving subway trains for less than two years.
“It’s like I’m alone. I really don’t think I am going back.”
Shepard said his attacker — allegedly 19-year-old Autumn Massaquoi of Yonkers, according to police — began kicking on the door to his cab as he pulled the 2-train out of Wall Street station at around 8:15 p.m. on Friday.
She somehow managed to breach the door, after which he says she “lunged” at him, and he had to defended himself with one hand while driving the train with the other. …
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After 9/11 you would think NY would have secured those cabins.
“I hate life! I hate the world!”
And Soros smiled.
Jeebus. I hope the poor man wasn’t too badly injured on top of the mental trauma. We’ll probably find out that she had a history of mental illness next but nothing was done.
Released without bail? WTF?
Bath salts, meth, or just every day feralism in a big blue city?
Hard to tell these days.
bullet trumps blade
Exactly.
That says it all.
After 9/11 you would think NY would have secured those cabins.
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Not to difficult to do. Should’ve been done.
All they did was make them the full width of the train car in later models, instead of the little closet-sized cab on the right side.
Released without bail.
Too bad Bernard Goetz isn’t around. If he’d been there, he could have put a stop to it, and NYC would have someone to arrest without bail (Goetz).
Well I hope she learned her lesson.
You kept making the stops?
They kept ringing the bell!!
Yeah I think slaps on the wrists always make bad males, females, and the other 5,000 genders, become model productive citizens who contribute greatly to society. 8>)
NYC has changed. It is now WTF.
“It’s like we signed up to die.”
Yeah, you kinda did...in that job in that city.
As soon as they get a federal grant the new “Please Don’t Stab The Driver” signs will be installed.
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