I am about to leave Lake Tahoe to fly back to New York City early tomorrow morning. And what should I find as I briefly check the local news before shutting down the laptop? <a href="http://ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=60798">Somebody attacked a passenger on the subway with a pair of portable power saws</a>. I should clarify: The attack did not just occur on the subway; the attack occured at the 110th Street/Cathedral Parkway station. That would be the closest subway station to my home, the station where I board the train every morning to go to work and where I get off each evening on the way home. Granted, the attack happened at 3:30 in the morning. I seldom commute that early. Still, it looks like the attacker just snagged some power saws from a nearby trackwork crew and went to town on an elderly postal employee as the stunned construction workers looked on. It looks, in fact, as though nobody did a thing to stop him and he would have gotten away had he not gotten punchy a few hours later up on the street.
I submit that this is not a welcoming news story to hear as you are about to return home.
