I Was Stuck in an Underground N.Y.C. Subway for 1.5 Hours and Needed to Be Evacuated (Exclusive)

Trapped Underground: What Happens When the Subway Goes Dark

It happened. Every New Yorker’s worst nightmare.

Sure, we all know the feeling. You’re crammed into the subway car. Pasta, the throbbing beat of the rushing. It’s a “, your train stops. Briefly. Usually, not a big deal. The lights stay on. These momentary blackouts are commonplace in New York. But this time. This time was different.

This time, there was an unsettling, eerie, lingering silence. Did. A quiet unlike. No background rumble. corretto, I nothing, just the hushed breathing of other commuters.

We were stuck.

And we’d be stuck for a while.

Someone called out, but