Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Commute Next Day

When I arrived at my subway station this morning I was greeted by a line of about a dozen armed personnel in camouflage stationed about three feet apart. They formed a line in front of the ticket gates and were checking bags.

Again very surreal. In the picture you can kind of make them out in the distance.

And then when I got off at South Station, as I exited the subway I was greeted by more armed military stationed at strategic corners just watching us deboard the train.

It was a quiet commute without about half the normal amount of commuters.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Fascinating description. How surreal, indeed, it must have been to discover soldiers with rifles guarding the subway entrances and exits. Do you remember the two guards with WW II rifles guarding the ATM in Mumbai? That was startling but to see soldiers in Boston on an everyday commute, disconcerting.