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How to Stay Calm on Public Transit
Even in a crisis, it doesn’t pay to freak out.
Since the beginning of this year, there have been at least nine slashings on the New York City subway.
This spate—up from three during the same time frame in 2015—is an “aberration,” according to the police commissioner, William J. Bratton. The attacks have been random, tied to no particular location, targeted at no particular type of person. The perpetrators have acted independently, on unclear motives.