| Author | Message | ||
     Rastro Citizen Username: Rastro  Post Number: 3805 Registered: 5-2004  |
Or, it was at 8:30 this morning. No info provided as to why, and the announcements were awful. Some simply said the 7th ave exit was closed, others said to evacuate Penn Station using the 8th avenue side. No urgency, no emotion. So it was pretty obvious that it was simply a poor choice of words on the part of the announcer. One would think on a day like today, they'd use a better choice of words than "evacuate." | ||
| Mr. Big Poppa Citizen Username: Big_poppa Post Number: 881 Registered: 7-2004  |
I didn't understand the choice of words either. Considering there were NYPD and National Guard lined up along the NJT lobby herding everyone through, I thought it was an evacuation. However, I was able to take my normal path to the 1,2,3 subway lines. Nothing seemed too urgent around there. Even that homeless guy was still playing his flute like nothing was wrong. | ||
| Earlster Supporter Username: Earlster Post Number: 1618 Registered: 8-2003  |
Fire on a track, earlier. Really nothing big, but I agree they should have been more clear. I sure was worried. | ||
| Pippi Supporter Username: Pippi Post Number: 2882 Registered: 8-2003  |
...and this is why I went through Hoboken this morning. Just didn't want to deal with extra security and possible "evacuations" at NY Penn. | ||
| Amateur Night Citizen Username: Deborahg Post Number: 1994 Registered: 5-2001  |
Police at Penn told me the station was evacuated due to suspicious package. | ||
| papayagirl Citizen Username: Papayagirl Post Number: 684 Registered: 6-2002  |
I think it was both - track fire at 5am, then a suspicious package. But either way, I agree with Rastro that the way Penn handled the whole situation was ridiculous. As we pulled in, the conductor told us fyi that 7th ave was closed (the 7th ave exit? the entire street?). Then when we got out, the announcments implied we were *evacuating*. While people were still sauntering around, moseying on over the the subway, casually chit-chatting and buying tickets from the machines, etc. One or two levels up, there were armed guards, police tape, firetrucks, you name it. You would think this station, of all places, would be trained in how to communicate the difference between "we're experiencing a temporary inconvenience" and "get the hell out, or we're all going to die." Especially on the anniversary of 9/11. | ||
| ML Supporter Username: Ml1 Post Number: 3108 Registered: 5-2002  |
the member of the National Guard patrolling the 7th Ave NJT concourse didn't know if the 1,2,3 subway lines were closed. how could that bit of essential info not have been communicated down the line? fwiw, the subway was indeed running. |
