Current Events > NYC Woman goes viral for locking herself on pole to avoid subway shovers

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https://nypost.com/2021/11/24/nyc-woman-goes-viral-for-locking-herself-to-subway-pole/

A Bronx woman has gone viral on TikTok for her extreme advice on how to stay safe when riding the subway by locking yourself to the nearest platform pole. Wanda Vela shared the radical tip on Monday, posting a video that showed her securing herself to a pole with a bike lock as she waited for a train to arrive. Its bad out here. People want to push people into trains that aint gonna happen to me, Vela deadpanned. She was then filmed putting the bike lock around her waist and platform pole before locking it with a key. I got my own chain. This is what I do, I wait for the train like this. I stay right here, Vela said. She insisted she only unlocks the bike chain when the train comes to a stop alongside the platform. Thats it. Then Im going on the train boom, Vela said as she unlocked the chain.

The video has already been viewed more than 2 million times on TikTok. It comes after several straphangers were pushed onto the tracks across the Big Apple last month amid a rise in subway crime. One of the latest involved a robber shoving a 36-year-old woman in the Times Square 42nd Street station before good Samaritans rushed in to rescue her.

https://www.tiktok.com/@wandavela2/video/7033225635929541893



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That seems kinda scary attempting to kill random people by shoving them in front a train is a thing in NYC.

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BlueTigerLion posted...

That seems kinda scary attempting to kill random people by shoving them in front a train is a thing in NYC.

I don't know why the fuck they got rid of the rail guards. It's just horrifying every time. God forbid you slip on the grimey tiles anywhere near the tracks.

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I know this is a thing that happens, but I dont think it happens enough to warrant thatalso, simply standing a ways away or behind one of those pillars will likely accomplish the same thing and also save the time of having to be unlocked, etc.

this person seems like they just wanted to go viral.

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That's not going to play out well when she's getting assaulted. It will be like a butcher vs a deer tangled in fencing...

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ClockworkHare posted...

That's not going to play out well when she's getting assaulted. It will be like a butcher vs a deer tangled in fencing...

yeah this seems like a bad idea

all the times I've taken the train I've waited at least like 15 feet from the edge

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