Jersey Man Says Screw It And Walks Home Through PATH Tunnel

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Most of us at one time or another have gazed longingly down a dark subway tunnel during an interminable wait and thought, "I'd probably get there faster if I just walked it." In the other trespassing-transit-tunnels scare, a Bayonne, New Jersey man decided to do just that yesterday, and strolled from the World Trade Center PATH station to Jersey City. The Post reports that Reymundo Rodriguez, 20, went the entire two miles without getting killed or noticed, until a Port Authority contractor spotted him exiting around 3 a.m. and called the cops. Asked by the contractor what he was doing, Rodriguez replied, "The train never came... so I decided to walk." But when the cops caught up with him, they say he inexplicably told them, "I just put a bomb down on the tracks."

It appears that Rodriguez may not be in full possession of his faculties; he also allegedly said he saw President Obama on TV, "and he told me it was safe to walk through the tunnel." Typical Obama—encouraging walking is no doubt one of his wife's health-nut policy initiatives. The tunnel was shut down as the Joint Terrorism Task Force and bomb-sniffing dogs searched for a device, finding nothing. Rodriguez was charged with criminal trespass and released after a hospital evaluation.

The Port Authority was supposedly on heightened alert after Osama bin Laden's death, but Rodriguez's visit has reportedly prompted the PA police to bolster security even more.

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By John Del Signore in News on May 9, 2011 5:02 PM

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Carmine Laietta

I've walked through a subway tunnel twice now, on the NR track. There is a narrow walkway that you can safely walk on from station to station. As long as you're sober, alert, and responsible<--(yes I know, walking in the tunnel is "irresponsible" to begin with...) you should arrive safely and quickly. I'd only recommend doing this to adventurers who are careful, and can take care of themselves.

slowmodem

Some how, I suspect drinking was involved.

Guest

This does remind me how handy it would be if there was a walking tunnel in the Midtown tunnel and maybe other tunnels.

Definitely the midtown though, I could walk to work in 20 minutes.

Cue jokes about how disgusting that tunnel would be .... now

robingee

What a piece of crap, wasting the bomb squad's time. Is he mental, and why only charged with criminal trespass?

Also: "one of his wife's health-nut policy initiatives" - ha!

Guest

If only their response had been to run late night trains more frequently than the absurd 35 minutes schedule.

Logan

Although it is sort of poignant in a "only do that if you're batshit crazy" sort of way.

Cyclerock

I agree w/ 'nicemarmot'. It would have been a 'nice' story of a guy who just 'wanted to get home', until he ruined it and said he put a bomb down there.

nicemarmot

Aw man. I was totally into this guy until the bomb part. I've always wanted to do that but I don't have the guts.

hashedz

He is just a misunderstood 20 year old.
What he said was that prior to his track walk he ate some White Castle's and dropped a "colon bomb" on the tracks.
Naturally the cops heard "herp derp BOMB" and the guy gets tossed into a psych ward.
In any case I am sure he learned a lesson from his ill advised stroll.