WRC News 4 At 5 December 20, 2011
the train as the explosion went off. >> you see this big old flame and the train stops in the tunnel. >> all of a sudden we smelt smoke and the lights went out. >> started worrying. i was panicking and shaking. >> reporter: it happened around 9:45 this morning near tl'enfan station. this is the troublemaker. it is called a friction ring.br system. it fell off the blue line trail and hit the third rail and disabled two orange line trains following behind. those trains come to a sudden stop. hundreds of people stuck down below, frustrated by the silence from metro. >> we sat there for ...