EXCLUSIVE: Full interview with train operator after subway collision, derailment in NYC
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- Опубликовано: 11 янв 2024
- N.J. Burkett speaks exclusively with Andy Valentine, the train operator who was stationed in the lead car of a disabled train that collided with another train full of passengers during a subway derailment in New York City last week. bit.ly/48trzZL
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See the stress he is under. Now consider the approximately 250 Train Operators that have to deal with actual fatalities yearly! The damage it did to the trains is what we are risking being done to our bodies when we have to investigate a pulled cord by going onto the tracks. We just had a fatality 40 or so days ago on the tracks. Nobody talks about our deaths unlike other civil service employees. Every time you hear of a kid killed surfing a train or someone struck by a train, who do you think has to go investigate? Train operators! Imagine looking at that, how hard do you think that is for that to be a part of your job? Next time there is a delay, think about that. We are risking our lives to get the service up and running again…. We are parents, siblings, and your friends committing our lives to serve you.
God Bless. He did everything he could.😢
Most likely they want to make him a scape goat and he is trying to defend himself…
This is a very emotional interview and it is great that this gentleman was able to communicate his side of the story. The question is did the operator on the six car hear his command? Did the radios malfunction? Did they ever asked the operator of the sixth car if he ever heard his commands? If the operator of the six car did not hear the commands and if the radios are not functioning due to signal issues then clearly it is not their fault. I'm glad that he was able to share his side of the story as to what happened so he wouldn't be the scapegoat. Also when you're in tunnels at times signals and Wi-Fi if those radios relied on Wi-Fi can be unreliable. Good luck to Mr. Valentine.
This man is being subject to hundreds of Monday morning quarterbacks because only very small bits and pieces of this interview was aired in a very choppy fashion which left a very incomplete and confusing picture of what actually happened . This should be aired in entirety, with little to no narration
It was aired with his union boss on the other side. So I’d imagine they cut stuff to protect his job
Why wasn't this version aired . I hate when the news interview people and just use 1 line sound bites for air .
Why wasn’t what aired? We did a FOUR MINUTE segment in the 6PM news. How long do you think it should have been? The typical segment is a minute and 45 seconds.
@@FentonLoungeI don’t have enough time to give that level of detail. It’s my job to prioritize information and then convey the most important facts. I agonize over how to boil details down so that the story is properly told and I think I did a terrific job in explaining a very complicated set of circumstances.
This is not an NTSB presentation and it’s not a one hour documentary. You shouldn’t expect that.
@njburkett hey as I said to you before, you are a brilliant journalist and you guided that full interview with excellence and empathy . It was like watching magic happen . also your 10 am in depth presentation was clear and fluid where even your colleagues said they learned so much in this short segment. So 4 minutes at 6pm hour could have been a little better edited . I am not trying to bust your chops . Just sharing feedback from what the train operator himself shared with me he felt about the aired piece . An hour wasn't necessary . Just an uninterrupted 4 minutes from this 9:45 full interview was more than enough .
Stand up and change the regulations, you have the strength and position to make a change.
Such an emotional interview, it’s actually really scary to deal with something like that, I hope he has a speedy recovery
As a fellow New York City Transit train operator, I understand his anguish and his pain. He did what he could do to avoid the situation. This is a very stressful job that we face every day. It's the reality I deal with daily.
He did everything he could, including having faith toward his coworkers considering he had no control over the situation whatsoever and could've died, I feel for how upset he is..
What the heck kind of a clown show is MTA running? Operating from the middle of the train while someone is stationed at the front of the train as a lookout? I thought we had ended that arrangement with "iceberg dead ahead". MTA has "rescue" locomotives that pull work trains and other disabled/non-operating trains. Why wasn't one of them called to move the train?
Good question
This is a common practice and happens all the time. That look out is someone that is qualified to do so and qualified to stop that train if necessary. What happen here no one knows because it's still under investigation. He's throwing the supervisor under the bus, his unfortunate. Does he know if the supervisor passed out, had a heart attack or died? You shouldn't be speaking on an open investigation.
Where is the supervisor and accountability!
You’re absolutely right. To mobilize and get a work train to the scene would have taken 2-3 hrs. I think the higher ups wanted to get that train off the tracks asap instead of prolonging the delay for hrs waiting on a rescue work train. Customer service over safety.
I thought the subway had positive train control?
No. PTC only for railroads. Basically LIRR & MNRR. The subway in the other had has CBTC. Which only the L, 7 & Queens Blvd Line from 21 Queens bridge, 5th Ave 53rd, 50th street until Forest Hills 71st Ave. those are the only trains with CBTC. The rest of the lines are expected to get CBTC once more New technology trains arrive and the line is feasible for Communication Based Train Control
That's the LIRR.
Yes it is.
Aint this a big No No? For mta employees
It more than likely is but given his situation and how his bosses are selling him out and trying to have him take the fall for something that was on management he might end up losing his job anyway so why not clear your name and take the risk
What's the rule # . Was trying to find anything on this
Take some time off man take 2 years off
money ka ching!
He can’t sue the MTA dummy