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December 01, 2006
reality bites on the Green Line
Yesterday, as I was riding the Green Line at about 4:30, I could hear multiple, somewhat frantic voices coming over the train operator's walkie-talkie/radio/thingummy, and as they were somewhat muffled, here is how I heard and interpreted what they were saying: "There's blood on the train [!];" "Pahk Street is closed;" "[A woman's voice responding] I know, but he got in there before all this happened." I think my heart palpitated a few times when I heard these fuzzy-sounding declarations. I thought, not only did something bad happen, but Park Street is closed? Did I hear that right? Does that mean we'll be sitting in the tunnel for who knows how long?
But we rolled into the station, and I got out to transfer to the Red Line, and the only unusual thing I saw was an out-of-service train sitting on one of the tracks (actually, that's not unusual at all). So I thought no more of it. Then, this morning I read this piece in the Metro:
"One man is behind bars and another on the loose after a stabbing yesterday during rush hour at Park Street Station. According to early reports, an argument on a Green Line train spilled into the tunnel connecting Park Street to Downtown Crossing, where a 42-year-old man was stabbed multiple times in an attack by two men. The victim, who was transported to Mass General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries [shew], reportedly tried to chase down his attackers [cool]. One was arrested holding a knife."
So this doesn't surprise me, mainly because conversations on the Green Line tend to get pretty loud and an argument breaking out is just the next step up. Or perhaps people are just getting testy because of the unseasonably warm weather right now. Just give us a Boston winter, for heaven's sake, and be done with it!
| By heiders | 08:55 AM
