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Feral Cat Boards A Train, Conductor Announces
"There is a feral cat inside the train, police are trying to remove the cat," a conductor told passengers on Thursday.
WEST VILLAGE, NY – Curiosity killed the commute. A “feral cat” was spotted aboard an A train at the W. 4th Street stop during Thursday morning’s rush hour.
The MTA emptied all passengers at two subways in Manhattan, causing delays on the A, C and E lines, according to the Daily News.
Service was restored once the cat was found at 8:53 a.m. - 37 minutes after it was first reported – the newspaper said.
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Journalist Daniel Roberts tweeted about the incident while he was on his way to work.
A-train conductor at W4: "There is a feral cat inside the train, police are trying to remove the cat, when they do, we can move again"
— Daniel Roberts (@readDanwrite) August 3, 2017
He said the conductor announced, "There is a feral cat inside the train, police are trying to remove the cat, when they do, we can move again."
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He subsequently tweeted that he “got the hell off and transferred to the D so I could get to work.”
The conductor’s announcement appeared to be an example of MTA boss Joe Lhota’s recent call for workers to give commuters more details when announcing delays.
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