http://bostonist.com/2007/05/02/firsthand_account_of_longfellow_bridge_fire.php All comments for Firsthand Account of Longfellow Bridge Fire en-us 2009 rickbang Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:29:29 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss rick@bostonist.com rick@bostonist.com 60 http://bostonist.com/2007/05/02/firsthand_account_of_longfellow_bridge_fire.php#comment-1084734 http://bostonist.com/2007/05/02/firsthand_account_of_longfellow_bridge_fire.php#comment-1084734 Comments Wed, 02 May 2007 14:07:12 -0500 <p>Best reporting I have seen anywhere on the Longfellow Bridge problems. Good work.</p> http://bostonist.com/2007/05/02/firsthand_account_of_longfellow_bridge_fire.php#comment-1084412 http://bostonist.com/2007/05/02/firsthand_account_of_longfellow_bridge_fire.php#comment-1084412 Comments Wed, 02 May 2007 08:46:27 -0500 <p>Nice to hear another side of the tale - I'm visiting Boston on business and got stuck at Park around 8:30pm to join hundreds of others waiting for buses on the sidewalk. I was on the second bus to mentioned and got off at Charles since I saw no point going back. Really, communication was the big issue. The buses were available but noone was getting advice or news. I too eventually got the tip to walk across the deserted bridge (once I found a single MBTA employee who had no interest in helping the others on the sidewalk) and made it to Kendall where the man on the station was excellent, announcing loudly about the Alewife service and making sure, for once, that everyone was clear about the situation. He was excellent, but otherwise, emergency arrangements that were probably prettty good were wasted by the total lack of communication to the passengers. </p>