Were you stuck on the D train on the Manhattan Bridge?

Were you stuck on the D train on the Manhattan Bridge on your way from Manhattan to Brooklyn this evening due to a fire? If so, I hope you didn't need to use the restroom, weren't starving, or sick. Better to be trapped on the bridge this evening rather than during that nasty 100 degree heat spell. Friends of mine were trapped on the bridge for three hours until the fire people showed up. Anyone know what caused the fire?

From NY-1:
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=61867

Carnivore wrote: From NY-1:
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=61867

Thanks for the link!

I wasn't on the train, but I was trying to get on the D at Rockefeller...no go. They had stopped all D/B headed to Brooklyn. I didn't know why until I just watched the news. That sucks. I wonder if will have any lingering effects tomorrow, or is everything good to go. Glad I wasn't one of those poor souls.

I got stuck on the R train, which was all fucked up because of that train.

Flexichick wrote: I got stuck on the R train, which was all fucked up because of that train.

I must have been right ahead of you or something. I overheard about it on the conductor's radio about 6pm at City Hall on the R but we went through no problem. I was at Pacific Street by 6:25.

steve wrote: [quote=Flexichick]I got stuck on the R train, which was all fucked up because of that train.

I must have been right ahead of you or something. I overheard about it on the conductor's radio about 6pm at City Hall on the R but we went through no problem. I was at Pacific Street by 6:25.

Sheesh, dude. No need to gloat.

Drano wrote: [quote=steve][quote=Flexichick]I got stuck on the R train, which was all fucked up because of that train.

I must have been right ahead of you or something. I overheard about it on the conductor's radio about 6pm at City Hall on the R but we went through no problem. I was at Pacific Street by 6:25.

Sheesh, dude. No need to gloat.

Wasn't gloating dude, just saying, chill.

My wife was on the bridge in the N train and saw them evacuating 2 trains packed full of people. She said it was a scary sight.

I was on the N train right around the time it occured, it was a freaky sight and I can't imagine what it must've been like for those people. I'd have gone ballistic, especially since my iPod battery would have never lasted.
I saw all the fire trucks, drivers standing outside their cars. smelled something burning when I was going through the tunnel. crazy.

steve wrote: Wasn't gloating dude, just saying, chill.

I was jokin'

An update:
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=61875

And the NYT version:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/17/nyregion/17train.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

aw! stop all yer crying you yellabellies!!
it was a simple train disruption
guess all that talk of foiled taliban plots has got youse all skared

ya buncha mary's

quijibo wrote: aw! stop all yer crying you yellabellies!!
it was a simple train disruption
guess all that talk of foiled taliban plots has got youse all skared

ya buncha mary's

So I ain't Christian Science Monitor's Jill Carroll, but hey trusting the MTA to have their act together and to be able to save you during some mysterious emergency announced through the static of a crackling speaker is SCARY. What were the two scariest things about being trapped on the subway yesterday? The other passengers on the car throwing violent hissy fits and having to "hold it in."

Only people who actually have jobs and actually commute to work each day via subway from Brooklyn to Manhattan and back can actually relate.

The people who are home or in their "home offices" in front of a blinking computer terminal 27/7 can't possible know what it's like to be trapped without knowing what the hell is going on.

I spent 2 hours sealed up above ground on a "D" but had a friend who spent 3 hours on a "B" near the fire.

I wouldn't wish either of those experiences on anybody.

i guess i was lucky. i only spent 45 minutes on a stalled B train
that became an F train that wouldn't go over the bridge

ended up waiting for an F train that would go over the bridge
and got home 45 minutes late.

and people wonder why I always hit the can before I get on the subway and tend to carry a bottle of water all the time ...

Drano wrote: [quote=steve][quote=Flexichick]I got stuck on the R train, which was all fucked up because of that train.

I must have been right ahead of you or something. I overheard about it on the conductor's radio about 6pm at City Hall on the R but we went through no problem. I was at Pacific Street by 6:25.

Sheesh, dude. No need to gloat.


Ha! Thanks, Drano

Livetotravel wrote: Only people who actually have jobs and actually commute to work each day via subway from Brooklyn to Manhattan and back can actually relate.

The people who are home or in their "home offices" in front of a blinking computer terminal 27/7 can't possible know what it's like to be trapped without knowing what the hell is going on.

I spent 2 hours sealed up above ground on a "D" but had a friend who spent 3 hours on a "B" near the fire.

I wouldn't wish either of those experiences on anybody.

That's scary about your friends trapped on the B near the fire.

alafairnadia wrote: and people wonder why I always hit the can before I get on the subway and tend to carry a bottle of water all the time ...

Smart. I'm going to do so from now on too!

alafairnadia wrote: and people wonder why I always hit the can before I get on the subway and tend to carry a bottle of water all the time ...

I'm having impure thoughts about this :oops:

the_dude wrote: I wasn't on the train, but I was trying to get on the D at Rockefeller...no go. They had stopped all D/B headed to Brooklyn. I didn't know why until I just watched the news. That sucks. I wonder if will have any lingering effects tomorrow, or is everything good to go. Glad I wasn't one of those poor souls.

I was at the Rockefeller and took the V train... it tool 30mins to get to 23rd... I just walked over to 8th ave and took the C. It was crazy though, the announcer was saying that the train had derailed on the bridge... I was thinking man this must be awfual. Thank god no one got hurt.

Aww man. I got on a B at 34th st around 5:55 or so and decided on the spur of the moment to get off at W. 4th St for a haircut. I most certainly believe that I would've been stuck for several hours with much too long hair if I decided to just head home.
I took the R back later. I decided to not trust the MTA announcer that said use the Q when one didn't show up for over 15 minutes.