Yesterday, a few minutes after I was done riding on the last ride of the R1/9 for yesterday's Holiday Train event, a random passenger who was sitting at a bench tried to aggressively snatch my phone from my hands. Thankfully, I was able to prevent him from successfully snatching it from me by forcefully pulling it off of his hands. He then started shouting at me telling me "Yo, why you playing with me man?" in an aggressive way. Since I was notified by the conductor of the R1/9 that there weren't any police officers present at the 2nd Avenue (F) Train station, I decided to call 911 while I was at the end of the platform so then the passenger wouldn't see me calling the police. The passenger was then arrested and I was able to file a police report on the incident. I felt traumatized by the incident that happened, so now I no longer feel safe with railfanning with my phone nor with any of my other personal belongings anymore.
Yesterday, a few minutes after I was done riding on the last ride of the R1/9 for yesterday's Holiday Train event, a random passenger who was sitting at a bench tried to aggressively snatch my phone from my hands. Thankfully, I was able to prevent him from successfully snatching it from me by forcefully pulling it off of his hands. He then started shouting at me telling me "Yo, why you playing with me man?" in an aggressive way.
Since I was notified by the conductor of the R1/9 that there weren't any police officers present at the 2nd Avenue (F) Train station, I decided to call 911 while I was at the end of the platform so then the passenger wouldn't see me calling the police. The passenger was then arrested and I was able to file a police report on the incident. I felt traumatized by the incident that happened, so now I no longer feel safe with railfanning with my phone nor with any of my other personal belongings anymore.
Hey I was there when it happened, glad to know your okay!