Chicago Commuters Return to Subway
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The train had just left the busy station at Clark and Lake, at the northwest corner of the Loop, when the operator realized there was a problem, stopped the train and called for power to be cut, Kruesi said.
He said the operator then led passengers out through the smoky subway tunnel to the nearest emergency exit, where they climbed out through a grate in the sidewalk above.
Kruesi praised the operator, who he said had been on the job for 19 months. "This thing happened the way it's supposed to happen," he said of the evacuation.
Rita Bacon, 25, who was on the train, said she felt much safer after commuters were able to open the train cars' doors using the emergency release.
"Everyone was just holding out their hands, holding each other's hands, feeling their way along," she said. "It was pitch black in places, but there were signs in the tunnel that said, '500 feet to the exit, 250 feet to the exit,' so I felt much better."
The train had just left the busy station at Clark and Lake, at the northwest corner of the Loop, when the operator realized there was a problem, stopped the train and called for power to be cut, Kruesi said.
He said the operator then led passengers out through the smoky subway tunnel to the nearest emergency exit, where they climbed out through a grate in the sidewalk above.
Kruesi praised the operator, who he said had been on the job for 19 months. "This thing happened the way it's supposed to happen," he said of the evacuation.
Rita Bacon, 25, who was on the train, said she felt much safer after commuters were able to open the train cars' doors using the emergency release.
"Everyone was just holding out their hands, holding each other's hands, feeling their way along," she said. "It was pitch black in places, but there were signs in the tunnel that said, '500 feet to the exit, 250 feet to the exit,' so I felt much better."
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