Well, they were on the subway at 2:15 a.m. That’s insane, right there. No one goes on the subway at that hour unless you’re looking for trouble.
I grew up in NYC, and in my day it was safe to take the subway at any hour, day or night. Then RINO John Vliet Lindsay happened. People working night shift in hospitals or utilities depended on the subway. Partiers coming home from an evening of celebration.
The world has changed, and in many ways not at all for the better.
During the Giuliani/Bloomberg years, when visiting NYC, I sometimes rode the subway at 3 a.m. and felt perfectly safe.