FRIED SQUIRREL SHORTS OUT TRANSIT
(30 SECONDS)
THE MONDAY AFTERNOON MANHATTAN COMMUTE WAS BROUGHT
TO A GRINDING HALT WHEN POWER LINES AT THE
METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD WERE SHORTED OUT
BY AN ADVENTUROUS SQUIRREL CLIMBING OVER THE LINES.
ALMOST 50-THOUSAND PEOPLE ENDED UP STRANDED FOR HOURS
WHEN THE POWER SURGE LED TO A WIRE DANGLING AND GETTING
CAUGHT ON A PASSING TRAIN, TEARING DOWN ALL THE POWER
CABLES.
CREWS RESTORED POWER TUESDAY MORNING, AND REMOVED THE
CHARRED REMAINS OF THE SQUIRREL.
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A little too "hard news" to start -- get my attention first, then tell me what happened.
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