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New York City subway hires security to improve safety

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New Yorkers were forced to go swimming when Tropical Storm Elsa dumped several feet of water into the city’s subway tunnels.

Viral videos show passengers wading through waste-deep water to get to the subway.  Others used garbage bags to hop ‘potato sack race’ style across the platform.

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Incredibly enough, the subway service itself was mostly interrupted by the water. What’s your ‘mass transit nightmare’ story?

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