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Train to the n train. whi pulled into the station the car across from me was full of a ton of smoke and it was a very gray smoke, so much so i couldn't see into the car. the doors opened a few seconds before our doors opened and smoke started billowing out and people started running away. at first i thought it was a fight. i see fights on the train. this was way more. women falling over their own feet and dragging themselves by their hands away. get out onto the station. a heavy -- was a very smokey smell but not an electrical fire like what you would expect on the train. i was curious and i w...

There was just a lot of commotion. so then from that moment i can't remember how long it took. everything feels longer when it's actually than it actually is. so we're at the end of the plat form where there is no exit. we're at the front of the train. the exit at the back of the train. mta employee told us to get on the train. everyone needs to get onto the r train. they evacuated the n train onto the r train and closed the doors and took us to 25th street for safety. then i was listening to people on the train. some people were talking about. one woman was on the train that was getting where...

Was the motivation is something we don't know. >> dana: the other thing is, bill, fortunately we have experience with some of these things in the past. when they say undetonated devices that means deliberately placed at some point along the way. >> bill: the subways for new york have given -- this become an area for homeless people to sleep out all night or even during the day during covid and what the city tried to do is clear a lot of the homeless people off the subways to make sure people thought it is okay, you can go on this train and you can take it and be safe from covid or contracting ...

>> i was just going to work. i woke up a half hour early trying to get there earlier. i want to get to work early. it was not that day. >> bill: how long have you been in the city? >> my whole life. born and raised. i lived around sunset park for most of my life. my dad had a photo studios in the 90s and i've lived in the neighborhood the last 10 years on my own. >> bill: tell us about the neighborhood, sam. >> i love this neighborhood honestly. it is really nice. it has a wonderful view of the city. the food is great, people are nice. industry city moved over here so we've been getting a lot ...

About the person who was the perpetrator. i heard one person saying they believe they saw shooting not only coming from the inside of the train but the outside of the train as well. i'm not sure how true that is. >> dana: did you see any of these supposedly and we're still getting information, that there were undetonated devices. was there anything like that on the platform? i didn't see it in the video. >> no, i don't think so. not that i saw. from the smoke that was coming out of the train car, that was like -- i fired firearms before. it is too much smoke from a firearms. it was so opaque i...