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Wednesday 22 June 2016

'Mass Hysteria' Causes Stampede at NYC Subway Station: NYPD

Dozens of commuters ran out of a crowded Manhattan subway station Tuesday morning after one straphanger thought they heard someone say they had a gun, according to the NYPD.

Straphangers stampeded out of the Central Park North – 110th Street subway station in Harlem at about 9 a.m. in what police are calling an incidence of mass hysteria.

Authorities said that the commotion spurred from a fight between two people on a 2 train. It’s not clear what led straphangers to believe that someone had a gun.

One commuter told The Grio’s Natasha Alford that he was walking into the station wearing headphones when he saw people running toward them. 

“All they said was just ‘run, run, run, run,'” the commuter said. “People getting stampeded, getting trampled, bags flying. It’s crazy right now.”

One commuter told The Grio's Natasha Alford in a video posted on Twitter he was walking into the station wearing headphones when he saw people running toward him. 
"All they said was just, 'Run, run, run, run,'" the commuter said. "People getting stampeded, getting trampled, bags flying. It's crazy right now."


It's not clear if anyone was hurt in the commotion or if any arrests have been made. 

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