https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...-fire-n1170231
One person was killed and at least 16 were hurt in an underground New York City subway fire Friday morning, officials said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...-fire-n1170231
One person was killed and at least 16 were hurt in an underground New York City subway fire Friday morning, officials said.
Last edited by raisedbywolves; 11-18-2022 at 06:23 PM.
Well, this is terrifying. I'm someone who takes the subway a lot, especially in NYC when I'm there.
"A vagabond dreamer, a rhymer and singer of songs
Singing to no one and nowhere to really belong." - Waylon Jennings
MTA worker (Garrett Goble, 36) killed, 16 others injured in suspicious Harlem subway fire
https://nypost.com/2020/03/27/man-36...y-fire-report/
An MTA motorman was killed and 16 people injured when flames tore through a train in Harlem early Friday — and officials believe the blaze may be tied to a spate of other subway fires that broke out along the line around the same time.
A person-of-interest was being questioned by police Friday afternoon, but no arrests have been made, law-enforcement sources told The Post.
Train operator Garrett Goble, 36, was found unconscious on the tracks at the 110th Street-Central Park North subway station by first responders amid the 3:15 a.m. two-alarm fire aboard a northbound No. 2 train, police said. It’s unclear how the worker ended up on the tracks.
He was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Goble, a married father of a 5-month-old baby and six-year MTA employee, was among the essential city workers who reported for duty during the coronavirus pandemic.
TWU Local 100 President Tony Utano called the incident a “terrible tragedy,” adding, “This is a sad day for our entire city. We’re devastated.
“He was starting a whole new career,” Utano told reporters of Goble. “He was family, and now it’s over. It’s over just like that.”
The blaze — which erupted inside the second car of the train, leaving it completely charred and gutted — is suspicious and being investigated as a criminal matter, police said.
“As [the train] reached 110th Street here, an employee that was on the train reported to the motorman that there was heavy smoke and fire coming from the second car,” NYPD Deputy Chief Brian McGee, commanding officer of detectives at Manhattan North, told reporters at a press conference.
“The train stopped, and many people got off because there was a large, large fire on that train,” McGee said.
Sources said a shopping cart was found badly burned on the train — and police believe that the blaze may have started in the cart.
The MTA said that the train’s conductor and an additional conductor who was on board the train but off-duty helped straphangers flee to safety.
Utano said the No. 2 train’s conductor “is a little traumatized” but added, “He was happy that what he did to save the passengers made him feel that he did a good thing.”
Authorities said three men and one woman were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital for smoke inhalation, while five firefighters were taken to local hospitals with minor injuries.
Seven others were treated at the scene, police said.
Investigators were probing three other smaller fires that had been set on platforms also along the No. 2 line in Upper Manhattan — at 86th Street, 96th Street and 116th Street, McGee said, adding that all the fires started around the same time.
“I’m not saying that they are connected, but it’s something that we have to investigate,” he said.
Firefighters responded to reports of smoke at the 86th Street station at 3:05 a.m., the FDNY said. Details on the exact timing of the other fires were not immediately available.
Police were combing the train stations for surveillance footage, sources said.
MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick Foye said the MTA is offering $50,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or people “responsible for this tragedy.”
“The entire MTA family mourns [Goble’s] death alongside a grateful city,” Foye said. “Our hearts break for his family, loved ones and all those who knew him.”
The MTA and NYPD were offering a combined reward of up to $52,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for the fatal incident.
I was confused on that as well, but it's the victim.
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...32e-story.html
MTA train operator Garrett Goble, devoted dad to two young sons, died the same way that he lived: Doing the right thing.
The heroic transit worker’s body was found on the subway tracks in Harlem after evacuating terrified riders early Friday from a smoky and suspicious subterranean blaze aboard an uptown train. The 36-year-old Goble was discovered on the roadbed in front of the No. 2 train when first responders arrived to the 110th St./Central Park North station about 3:15 a.m.
“He was the best, he really was,” said co-worker Linda Echevarria, a longtime friend. “He was a loving, kind man, and he died helping others. It’s heartbreaking.”
Cops were attempting to determine if an arsonist set the fire in the second car of the train inside the station. A suspect was taken into custody and remained at the 28th Precinct for questioning, a Fire Department source told the Daily News.
The brave transit worker was the only fatality in the bizarre morning incident where a charred shopping cart was found inside the Bronx-bound train. Investigators believe an accelerant in the shopping cart helped the fire spread, but more tests of the evidence are needed to be sure, sources said.
Before his death, the six-year MTA veteran helped steer straphangers to safety before getting lost in the smoke-filled tunnel and collapsing, possibly from a coronary arrest, according to a source.
Smoke was already pouring out of the train car and straphangers were scrambling for air when cops and firefighters arrived. The fire apparently started in the second car of the train once it stopped in the station, the with flames followed by a pair of popping noises, according to transit sources.
“The train car was completely gutted,” a source said.
Goble, 36, was rushed by medics to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Colleagues and a Brooklyn neighbor described the married father of boys ages 10 and seven months a nice guy who always greeted her with a hug.
“All I can tell you is he was beautiful young man,” said Katherine Gray, 73. “I’ve known him all his life. He was a good son, an excellent father and a great husband.”
Gray was not surprised to hear that Goble, who married just two years ago, risked his life to save others.
Hero MTA worker killed in Harlem subway fire was dedicated dad
https://nypost.com/2020/03/28/hero-m...dedicated-dad/
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