Transportation
NJ Transit Train Fiasco Traps Commuters for Hours With No AC in Tunnel
- Train lost power and crews struggled to identify the problem
- Disruptions pose risk for plans to get workers back in office
The incident caps a disastrous summer for NJ Transit, which has been struggling to simply keep trains moving in and out of New York City.
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One passenger suffered repeated panic attacks. Others held hands to try to comfort each other. Firefighters attended to at least two people with medical issues. Business workers shed layer after layer of clothes, drenched in sweat.
They were all in an NJ Transit train that stayed unmoving, underground, with no air conditioning for three hours on Wednesday evening.