From: finfer@optonline.net   
      
   On 11/23/2014 12:04 AM, jmelsna@verizon.net wrote:   
   > I was on the Manhattan-bound L train last Saturday morning when we stopped   
   abruptly about 6 am. We hadn't yet pulled out of Myrtle-Wyckoff (I boarded at   
   Halsey), and when the doors opened and we were told to get off, I saw a man   
   sprawled on the    
   platform, unable to stand.   
   >   
   > Eventually the train was *backed out* of the station, the ailing(?) gent was   
   helped up and away, and the following train picked us up. This whole maneuver   
   took nearly half an hour, and I almost missed my bus to Boston. (As it turns   
   out, J service was    
   restricted that day, and it didn't seem any better a bet to try to get to Port   
   Authority that way.)   
   >   
   > My question is: Does MTA protocol demand that a stopped train be taken out   
   of service (even though the reason was in no way mechanical)?   
   >   
      
   Depends upon what happened.  If the train hit that guy, then it is   
   entirely possible that the police or some other authority wanted the   
   equipment impounded for an investigation.  In that case, the train would   
   be taken out of service and returned to the yard.   
      
   Michael Finfer   
   Bridgewater, NJ   
      
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