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Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Gold_12TH on Fri Jun 8 23:18:43 2012

MTA will do extra inspections; asks riders to not eat in the subways to reduce vermin treat feasts

Subway rider Ana Vargas demonstrates the size of the rat that attacked her this morning on the downtown A train at Columbus Circle.

A hotel supervisor was forced to drop her pants in the middle of a full midtown subway car Friday — when a brazen rat darted up her trouser leg.

Ana Vargas, 40, said she was sitting in an A train heading downtown as it approached the Columbus Circle station about 7:50 a.m. when the rodent suddenly sprang.

“I thought it was my pants

moving,” Vargas told the Daily News. “It just crawled up my leg. I shook it and nothing came out.”

But then she realized she was being attacked.

“I said, ‘Oh, my God — it’s an animal on my leg!’ ” she recalled.

“He was very big. I was shaking, but nothing was coming out . . . I had to pull my pants down in front of everyone on the train.”

Vargas, who works as a supervisor at the Doubletree by Hilton hotel in midtown, said three men tried to shield her from flashing everyone on the train as she shook the furry culprit loose.

“I grabbed his head, because he was scratching me,” she said. “I didn’t want it to bite.”

The train came to a stop and Vargas dropped the rat as she ran for help on the platform.

“I was very nervous,” she said. “I was shivering, shaking — everything.”

Cops soon arrived and called a crew of EMTs to take Vargas to Roosevelt Hospital, where she was treated for scratches to her leg and thigh.

“It was burning me, but the doctors say it’s normal,” she said.

The rail-riding rat went missing after the sneaky skirmish.

Vargas was given a Tetanus shot before she was released from the hospital more than an hour later. But after a day spent at work, she said she may go back to the doctors to get her wounds checked out.

“It keeps burning me,” she said. “I’m worried.”

Vargas said she was traumatized by the freak rat raid and is now nervous about riding the train to work every day.

“I don’t know what I’m going to do,” she said.

In January, a straphanger took a video of a rat running around on a downtown 4 train. The video shows the rowdy rodent scrambling around the car until it skittered across a dozing man’s lap.

MTA supervisors conducted additional inspections after the most recent vermin incident, and will alert cleaners if needed, the agency said in a statement.

“It is important to note that we routinely clean subway cars, station platforms and track areas of debris that may attract rodents,” the authority said.

“We use rodent resistant trash receptacles and routinely power wash platforms. Additionally, we use both pest control contractors and in-house exterminating forces to bait track areas and nonpublic station areas.”

Riders can help by refraining from eating in the subways and by throwing trash in garbage cans, the authority said.

A spokesman from TWU Local 100 said the union launched an anti-rat campaign last year that caused the MTA to grant an additional $1.6 million for new trains to increase trash pickups.

---http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/rats-a-train-rodent-scratches-straphanger-article-1.1092294#ixzz1xGKoXj7Z

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by seabeachexpress on Fri Jun 8 23:45:47 2012, in response to Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Gold_12TH on Fri Jun 8 23:18:43 2012.

anyone remember the R1 fantrip in Feb 2004 that left from the middle platform at that station and the tons of rats running around on the south end ?

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by (4) Lexington Av Exp on Sat Jun 9 00:28:45 2012, in response to Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Gold_12TH on Fri Jun 8 23:18:43 2012.

Rabid rat?

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by monorail on Sat Jun 9 00:46:25 2012, in response to Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Gold_12TH on Fri Jun 8 23:18:43 2012.

perhaps the rat smelled fish...

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Jun 9 04:55:25 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by monorail on Sat Jun 9 00:46:25 2012.

I'm sure Mr. Rat felt either her pants or the lady smelled good.

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by SLRT on Sat Jun 9 08:31:24 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by (4) Lexington Av Exp on Sat Jun 9 00:28:45 2012.

Very unlikely.

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Fulton Frank on Sat Jun 9 08:37:43 2012, in response to Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Gold_12TH on Fri Jun 8 23:18:43 2012.

Law suit? (serious question)

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by SLRT on Sat Jun 9 08:42:39 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Fulton Frank on Sat Jun 9 08:37:43 2012.

How are they going to serve a rat?

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by SLRT on Sat Jun 9 08:45:30 2012, in response to Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Gold_12TH on Fri Jun 8 23:18:43 2012.

The rat was probably looking for a place to hide. Anything tubular like a loose pants leg is attractive. I would swab the scratches with alcohol.

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by KarmaConditionedCar on Sat Jun 9 17:15:19 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by SLRT on Sat Jun 9 08:42:39 2012.

No, the rat sues MTA. Stressful Work Environment.

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Joe V on Sat Jun 9 18:41:53 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by SLRT on Sat Jun 9 08:31:24 2012.

What's to say a rat cannot be rabid ?

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Posted by SLRT on Sat Jun 9 19:30:39 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Joe V on Sat Jun 9 18:41:53 2012.

A rat can be rabid; any warm-blooded animal can, but known cases of rabid rats are exceedingly rare in the U.S. The latest info I could find (2001, IIRC) said there has never been a known case of rabies by rat=bite in the U.S.
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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Rockparkman on Sat Jun 9 20:26:03 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by SLRT on Sat Jun 9 19:30:39 2012.

Yes but that rat exhibited classic rabid behavior. That woman NEEDS rabies shots.

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by SLRT on Sat Jun 9 20:27:50 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Rockparkman on Sat Jun 9 20:26:03 2012.

So do some of the posters here. Of course, I'd probably want a rabies shot if one of you guys bit me.

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Elkeeper on Sat Jun 9 20:34:33 2012, in response to Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Gold_12TH on Fri Jun 8 23:18:43 2012.

Yet another reason to ban food eating on the subways- and enforcing it!!!

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Rockparkman on Sat Jun 9 20:37:56 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by SLRT on Sat Jun 9 20:27:50 2012.

TeeHeeHee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by mcorivervsaf on Sat Jun 9 23:46:54 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by KarmaConditionedCar on Sat Jun 9 17:15:19 2012.

LOL! They've got the tunnels to themselves, what more could they want?

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by LRG5784 on Sun Jun 10 00:15:32 2012, in response to Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Gold_12TH on Fri Jun 8 23:18:43 2012.

This makes me cringe....

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Train Dude on Sun Jun 10 00:20:06 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by LRG5784 on Sun Jun 10 00:15:32 2012.

This makes me happy I'm not there.

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by LRG5784 on Sun Jun 10 02:59:54 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Train Dude on Sun Jun 10 00:20:06 2012.

We miss you! PLEASE COME BACK!!! Lmao

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun Jun 10 09:44:48 2012, in response to Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Gold_12TH on Fri Jun 8 23:18:43 2012.

What a Rat-tastrophe??? :-D

In all seriousness, what can anyone really do about the rat population? They have been here long before us, they will be here long after we are gone (either by God's doing or our own!!!) They are just a fact of life, when you kill a few, 1000s more take their place. To keep them out of the spotlight, so to speak, people should seriously try cleaning up after themselves. I cannot count how many times I see people leaving half eaten meals, snacks, and such behind with a receptacle only being a short walk away.

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by SLRT on Sun Jun 10 09:54:25 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by mcorivervsaf on Sat Jun 9 23:46:54 2012.

Six squares a day, and an end to taxonomic harassment.

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Train Dude on Sun Jun 10 10:14:53 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by LRG5784 on Sun Jun 10 02:59:54 2012.

I honestly do miss the people I worked with - especially the ones in Pitkin.

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Railman718 on Sun Jun 10 11:02:46 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Train Dude on Sun Jun 10 10:14:53 2012.

Wow that's deep to hear you say that normally its the other way(which is true as well).

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Railman718 on Sun Jun 10 11:03:28 2012, in response to Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Gold_12TH on Fri Jun 8 23:18:43 2012.

That's that A Line Chit right there..

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by LRG5784 on Sun Jun 10 11:20:32 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Train Dude on Sun Jun 10 10:14:53 2012.

Hopefully you still keep in touch with them.

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Posted by Train Dude on Sun Jun 10 11:21:40 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by LRG5784 on Sun Jun 10 11:20:32 2012.

hahhahhah - You would be surprised as to how may I do or how often I visit.

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by SLRT on Sun Jun 10 11:36:31 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Train Dude on Sun Jun 10 10:14:53 2012.

Heh. Used to be "wedding bells are breaking up that old gang of mine. Now it's retirement.

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by WayneJay on Sun Jun 10 13:05:20 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Fulton Frank on Sat Jun 9 08:37:43 2012.

The sad part is, I bet the lawyers are falling over themselves to get the young lady to sue the TA. The sadder part is that the rat population is what it is because of the litterbug riders, yet they're quick to complain.

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sun Jun 10 14:34:38 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Train Dude on Sun Jun 10 10:14:53 2012.

Yes you miss the people, but not the bullshit.

The same will be for me when my time comes. What a great bunch of co-workers, the very best, no matter where I've worked.

I couldn't stomach most of the people I worked with @ Chemical Bank.

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Railman718 on Sun Jun 10 14:38:48 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sun Jun 10 14:34:38 2012.

Bill i must be one of the rare ones whos has never crossed paths with you!

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sun Jun 10 14:46:57 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Railman718 on Sun Jun 10 14:38:48 2012.

True that.

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Posted by Train Dude on Sun Jun 10 16:51:26 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sun Jun 10 14:34:38 2012.

I really hope it turns out as well for you as it did for me. I decided that I didn't want one of those elaborate retirement "conventions" but wanted something that those who worked for me could afford. The overflow crowd that showed up was one of the most humbling experiences of my life and the XXXXL Boxers that some of the ladies gave me are hanging above my desk. But when one of the ladies came up and kissed me and said, "I want everyone here to know that there's a lot of 'NI@@ER in this boy" - well lets just say that's one of my favorite video clips. The crowd responded appropriately.

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Posted by Railman718 on Sun Jun 10 16:53:47 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Train Dude on Sun Jun 10 16:51:26 2012.

I heard that it was one heck of a party..

Too bad i missed it :(

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Train Dude on Sun Jun 10 17:00:09 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Railman718 on Sun Jun 10 16:53:47 2012.

I know some of the Pitkin ladies were hoping that you'd show up


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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Railman718 on Sun Jun 10 17:01:35 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Train Dude on Sun Jun 10 17:00:09 2012.

I know some of the Pitkin ladies were hoping that you'd show up

Hey it is what it is eh? ;o)

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Jun 10 18:18:27 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun Jun 10 09:44:48 2012.

Actually, the rat populatIon will suffer horribly in the absence of man.

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Jun 10 18:19:25 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by WayneJay on Sun Jun 10 13:05:20 2012.

That's not sad.

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Dan Lawrence on Sun Jun 10 18:26:12 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by WayneJay on Sun Jun 10 13:05:20 2012.

You are right on target!!!!

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Posted by SLRT on Sun Jun 10 19:13:04 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Jun 10 18:19:25 2012.

Not to a rat.

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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Jun 10 20:10:48 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Dan Lawrence on Sun Jun 10 18:26:12 2012.

WADL.

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by MainR3664 on Mon Jun 11 08:08:26 2012, in response to Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Gold_12TH on Fri Jun 8 23:18:43 2012.

All I can say is DAMN!!!! also, does she needs rabies treatment?

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by MainR3664 on Mon Jun 11 08:13:43 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Rockparkman on Sat Jun 9 20:26:03 2012.

I don't know a lot about rabid behavior in animals, except that if you see a racoon in daylight, stay the F*** away from it.

But spesking generally, even if there's never been a known case of rat-to-human transmission, the possibility, no matter how remote, is scary enough. if this were me, or a loved one, I'd enocurage a very serious tslk with a knowledgeable doctor.

A few years ago (like 3 -5), a cave explorer in the UK died from raibies from a bat bite. That was also considered impossible, as supposedly, there's no rabies over there.

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Posted by MainR3664 on Mon Jun 11 08:17:33 2012, in response to Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Gold_12TH on Fri Jun 8 23:18:43 2012.

Getting slightly off-topic here, last Thursday (6/7) I saw a hawk kill a rat in Washington Square Park. In my 44 years, all lived in NYC (except 4 years in Yonkers, which is the same thing, really), I never saw something like that before!!!

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by Train Dude on Mon Jun 11 08:19:14 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by MainR3664 on Mon Jun 11 08:13:43 2012.

Bottom line is that rabies is more than 99.99% fatal if not treated. I wouldn't think that there is much of an upside to taking the gamble not to be treated.

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Posted by Train Dude on Mon Jun 11 08:21:29 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by MainR3664 on Mon Jun 11 08:17:33 2012.

Back in '99 or 2000, two hawks took up residence in the skies above Concourse Yard. In short order, the rat/squirrel/pigeon population disappeared and then the hawks moved on.

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by chud1 on Mon Jun 11 08:29:10 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by MainR3664 on Mon Jun 11 08:08:26 2012.

better safe than sorry on da rabies treatment.
chud1

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Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St

Posted by WayneJay on Mon Jun 11 15:07:49 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Jun 10 18:19:25 2012.

I think it's very much a sad and unfortunate situation. Passengers should not have to see and fight off rodents. However, if so many passengers didn't use the system as their personal trash, the rodent population wouldn't be so bad.

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Posted by Rockparkman on Mon Jun 11 17:23:29 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by chud1 on Mon Jun 11 08:29:10 2012.

I wouldn't wanna end up like Rabies. :-)

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Posted by chud1 on Mon Jun 11 17:59:08 2012, in response to Re: Downtown (A) train rodent scratches a female straphanger @ 59 St, posted by Rockparkman on Mon Jun 11 17:23:29 2012.

thats why people shot get da shot if bittrn or scratched by a wild animal. they might have rabies.
chudq

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