Car Chase

A trip back home didn’t go as planned for Samantha Clone.

Clone was a key witness to a local police officer, James Popeye Doyle, overtaking a car under the over pass in Manhattan. After a long day of studying at the library, Clone was heading back to her parked car when she noticed a “crazy” man who seemed to be an undercover police officer barking at passing cars for them to stop.

“He ran in the middle of the road with his hands motioning them to stop, the first cream- colored swerved around him speeding on,” said Clone. “ While the next car pulled over, a brown 1970’s passenger car. The driver got out asking when he was getting his car back but the police officer continued to speed away. Doyle was currently in a chase to stop a train riding overhead with a hit man aboard.

Samantha Lawrence, 27, was reading her book on the way to the market when she noticed the sniper dart for the conductor’s room. She was slightly skeptical until the moment the train missed her stop. “I was terrified because I knew something was wrong,” said Lawrence. “The hit man got out of the conductor’s room with a gun, after a moment of altercation with a train attendant, the hit man shot the attendant.”

“It was chaos, the sound of screeching metal and screams filled the car. I ran to a different section when the train crashed into another. Being clumsy me I fell into the pole for passengers to hold to be secure and I fractured my wrist. It was a rough day,” said Lawrence.

In fact the day got more rough. Four people including the hit man were killed. The conductor, Peter Howe suffered from a heart attack, while three others were shot to death. When we suffer from a tragedy like today, the city of Manhattan must come together as one and represent a strong community.