"MTA Subway Derailment Chaos: Worker Pleaded for Stop, Vandals Cause Emergency Brake Pulls, and Service Restored"

A recorded account by a crew member on the disabled front car of the NYC subway train involved in the recent collision and derailment reveals frantic pleas to stop the train before the crash. The train had been taken out of service earlier due to vandals pulling emergency brake cords, and the crew was unable to reset the brakes in one car, leading to power being cut to the front half of the train. The train operator, tasked with "flagging," describes relaying instructions to stop to a supervisor who was commanding the train from the sixth car. The National Transportation Safety Board is leading an investigation into the crash, and NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy emphasized the need to examine communication systems aboard the vandalized train.