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White House Floats Gun Control Proposals

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lawhawk1/07/2013 8:07:14 am PST

Holy crap. Just minutes after I took this very escalator at Exchange Place for PATH, the escalator malfunctioned and instead of going up, started to go in reverse.

5 people were hurt with minor injuries.

This is one of the longest escalators in the NYC metro area - you’re going about 150 feet down, and it’s taller than the bank of escalators at the WTC. There are 3 in total at Exchange Place and all were damaged in #Sandy. One is still under repair, and the middle escalator has been in and out of service. I actually was on it last weekend while it was off, and it started going in reverse just feet from the top. It’s quite possible that some electrical gremlin caused by flood damage is still affecting that escalator and I can only hope that they get the 3d escalator back in service, because if they can’t get them back up and running, it makes that station quite dangerous to evacuate in an emergency.