Showing posts with label transit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transit. Show all posts
Saturday, January 10, 2009
The Job
A big snowstorm is coming and as part of my job I am sitting in the emergency control center in case I'm needed to coordinate things with my respective department. So far, the storm has been a big bust and I'm sitting here mostly bored. But in a crackle of static we learn that a woman has been hit by a train and everyone moves into action, notifying emergency agencies like police, ambulance, and even the M.E. It would be surreal if I hadn't been here so many times before. In my city, death by subway is one of the preferred methods of suicide, and sometimes even murder. So I'm here... it's my job.
Labels:
Arnold Wolf,
New York City,
subway,
suicide,
transit
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