The train slowed as it approached the next station when the subway’s glaring lights shut off. The metro train stopped, the doors jarred open. The station illuminated only by faint emergency lights near the stairwells and every three feet. Jake coughed. Smoke seeped into the car.
“Oh my God!” screamed a woman. “I can’t see anything!”
Shouts from different passengers encouraged her to step out.
“It’s probably an electrical malfunction,” yelled a man standing a few feet to Jake’s right.
Jake closed his mouth, covering it with his hand and proceeded to the exit with other passengers, some who ran out while others pushed to get through. Jake almost reached the door when he heard a child’s cries.
“Mommy! Mommy!”
He expected to hear a woman’s voice, comforting the girl but didn’t so he face
