If you stayed in Brooklyn and watched the Super Bowl on TV, you're probably feeling pretty good about that decision right about now.
Wow, train platform on the way to Super Bowl...I would feel safer in Juve jersey in the Curva Sud! pic.twitter.com/6inm3K1JSX
— Dan Meis (@Meisarch) February 2, 2014The Super Bowl started out with massive mass transit jams. Tens of thousands of attendees became hot, tired and panicked. Jeers included shouts of “T.S.A.!” and "Blame Christie!" according to the NY Times.People collapsed in the overcrowded and overheated New Jersey train station at Secaucus Junction, according to the Associated Press. In a nightmare scenario, people were squeezed together in an enclosed stairwell. Emergency medical workers had to push their way through to treat the people.
NJ Transit gets a big fail. People literally passing out and needing medical attention in the mass of people waiting in line. Insane
— Patrick Abts (@Pat_Abts) February 2, 2014This mass hasn't moved for over 30 minutes and THEY HAVE THE HEAT ON. pic.twitter.com/0CLcnejuXF
— Patrick Abts (@Pat_Abts) February 2, 2014According to NJ.com, security officers at first were checking every bag, but by 2:45 p.m. "they were pouring through with little or no examination of what was on their person or what they were carrying."
It was horrible on the way back, as well. The game ended around 10 pm but the crowds did not all catch trains back home until 12:45 am. (It would have been worse had not some Bronco fans hit the road early, the Times said.)
There are still thousands of #SB48 fans jammed on the @NJTRANSIT platform trying to go home. #superjersey pic.twitter.com/XgVKaPfYAo
— Andrew Mills (@Andy_Mills_SL) February 3, 2014Go to McBrooklyn's HOME PAGE.
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