Stuck on the 6 train...

So I had a New York experience yesterday that I may well have skipped: we got stuck in the subway. Getting onto an overcrowded 6 train at 59th and Lex we were glad that there were many people getting off. We didn't feel we needed to secure a seat though since we were planning on changing trains in a few stops. Just when the train was speeding up there was a shrieking sound and all of a sudden a very abrupt break - my first thought was that the driver must have seen something or rather someone on the tracks but it turns out that this had been someone pulling the emergency break. So the first few minutes they kept telling us that they were trying to find out what happened but no matter how often they reminded us to be patient, people were getting impatient. We saw some  MTA workers pass by on the tracks and were thinking about how they might make us all leave the train but there was no such thing. At some point, about 30 minutes after we stopped, they said that they had found the cause but needed to restore power to get us into 51th street where we'd all need to leave the train. Here we were thinking that we might be moving 'momentarily' like they kept saying. But no - they actually took another 30 minutes at least and when we finally started moving again, the whole train was clapping. Yet, the trip wasn't over. When we got into the station they told us we couldn't get off due to a police investigation. The policeman cam into our carriage asking whether we saw anyone passing from one carriage to another and having an accident. Since we didn't, we could convince him to let us leave that claustophobic place. To this point, we don't really know what happened but definitely won't ever try walking from one carriage to another. Also, I have to admit that I was glad to just get out, get a coffee and not take the subway again...

On the 6 train between 59th street and 51st

People waiting, just emergency lighting