Stuck MBTA Passengers Make Their Own Exit

And good for them!

Last night's trash fire at the Park Street MBTA station caused the usual delays and annoyance, but some passengers became so dangerously overheated when their train got stuck on the Longfellow Bridge that they broke out, using the emergency handles.

The Globe noted that the passengers' actions were "unauthorized," but what were they going to do, bake in there like Toll House cookies in an oven?

Lolita at Boston Faces, Boston Places wrote that passengers were "running out of air," so they had to do something. She took pictures of the passengers in action, and what is striking about the scene is how the passengers were helping each other down from the train, which was high off the ground. MBTA officials--and dumbass drivers who didn't stop for passengers trying to cross to the sidewalk--take note because that's how it's done.

Bad Transit steps back onto the scene to suggest that the incident in that car is indicative of what Boston's response might be if a real disaster were to strike.

Standard image of Charlie. Did you take any pictures of the incident on the Red Line train? Send them along to caroline@bostonist.com.