Mugged in New York Queens
I was happily riding the NYC MTA transit today home from work. I got on the N train to Queens Astoria/Ditmars at 49th and 7th, planning to get off the subway at the end of the line and continue on home. Unfortunately for me, I was mugged/pick-pocketed on the way back!
It happened just after I got down the platform stairs to the street level. It was raining heavily, and I walked north on the sidewalk briskly. After I’d gone about halfway to the next street, I noticed my corporate ID was missing from the clear hanger clipped to my pocket, so I frantically retraced my steps. I asked the MTA cleaners, the MTA guide, and searched the platform itself, to no avail. Finally, I was walking back up the street to go home when I saw my ID cards on the ground. It seems the pickpocketer was only interested in MTA metro pass with about $20 on it.
I didn’t get a good look at the people standing there so I have nothing to go on. There were two older, homeless or poor looking black men standing at that spot earlier, but I wasn’t paying attention and don’t remember their faces.
In one way, it’s good I didn’t lose my corporate ID. Getting new ones would be quite difficult and time consuming, and professionally embarrassing. On the other hand, who can help getting mugged? It’s not like I asked for it.
This entry was posted on Thursday, August 24th, 2006 at 7:14 pm and is tagged with nyc mta, ditmars, new york queens, corporate id, black men, hanger, paying attention, astoria, sidewalk, avail, stairs, subway, faces, metro, train, cards. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback.
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