How long would civil order last if there were actually a significant disaster in the U.S.?
This video, shot in a stuck subway train in New York last week, “will restore your faith in humanity,” City Lab said today.
Why? Because passengers shared cellphone chargers to help a woman whose battery was running low.
Armed with additional power, the riders held a sing-a-long.
“You’re a lifesaver,” the woman said.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins