MBTA Adds Defibrillators to Commuter Rail Trains

Apparently it only takes two mishandled, near-death situations to spring the MBTA into action. Nearly seven years after James Allen died from a heart attack on a commuter train (thanks to MBTA drivers who kept the train chugging despite attempts to warn them of the medical emergency), the T has added defibrillators to commuter rail trains. Good news for long-distance commuters, but the rest of us local train folks will have to settle for being mistaken for drunkards by our own drivers while we are having heart attacks. [MBTA]