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Subway Riders Trapped For 80 Hellish Minutes On 'Unbearably Hot' Stuck Elevator


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Jake Offenhartz

Published May 31, 2019

Modified May 31, 2019


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Jake Offenhartz is a general assignment reporter. He covers policing, transportation, local politics, climate change and and all manner of New York City oddities. He lives in Manhattan, and enjoys bikes, pickup basketball, and city beaches.

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