Beijing, China - For some unknown reason 10 subway trains (well I saw 4) passed Jianguomen, one of the transfer stations, therefore one of the busiest stations, in Beijing without stopping rush hour. The mob on the platform grew quickly and workers and security personnel could not hold back the overcrowded platform, as a result, two people fell onto the tracks as the train pulled in and two people were trampled.
Rush hour on Tuesday in Beijing was met with many bewildered commuters, who were stranded at Jianguomen subway stop when trains on the 2nd line were not stopping. According to an Asian American on the way home after a hard day at the lacrosse company, “Yea, they kept announcing something in Chinese that I couldn’t understand, but I suspect it had something to do with the trains not stopping.”
The number 1 line was running, and many opted to get to their respected destinations by going in a very roundabout way from 1 line to 5 line back onto 2 line. However, if you were just going to a stop adjacent to Jianguomen, good luck, go find that bus.
The unruly crowd could not get any comprehensible answers from the handful of workers and incompetent security holding back the hundreds of people. Apparently, they were only told to stand there and try to keep the mob calm, but also were in the dark about what the municipal government was thinking.
The truth remains to be solved, did the higher officials bet how long it would take for someone to get killed in the subway, did they want to have an unruly crowded so they can test out the newest mob controlling weapons? We may never know but next time they decided to wreak havoc during rush hour they should really think about how long it is before the people start a mutiny.
Moments before the crowd became unruly[I don't think anyone actually died (at this point) but the trains really weren't stopping. WTF!]
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