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A (0:00)
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B (0:59)
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C (2:05)
Welcome to the Moth Podcast. I'm Dan Kennedy. This week we're talking about crowds getting lost in them or maybe even finding your place in the crowd. First up, Terry Figueres Negretti. Terry told this story at a Miami Story slam where the theme of the night was the fast lane. Here's Terry live At the moth.
D (2:29)
So how many of you guys have experienced the magical wonderland that is Miami Dade public transportation system? So I take the train every day from Civic center on my way home. So the other day, like normal, we. We are chugging along southbound when all of a sudden the train rolls to an ominous stop. No big deal. It happens. But we all kind of look up from our cell phones, see what's going on, when all of a sudden a woman yells, oh my God, there's a man on the tracks. Sure enough, there's a guy. Normal looking guy, kind of looks like Alton Brown. It is not Alton Brown, but he's like booking it down the tracks. We hear helicopters in the distance, police sirens. I found out later that this guy was shoplifting at Merrick park and Coral Gables Police have launched like this Seal Team 6 Level Manhunt, because you know, Coral Gables, right? So we are stuck on this train with no power until they catch this guy for three hours. It is dismal hellscape. There is no air conditioning. There's like babies crying. Why are there so many babies on the train? The conductor keeps wandering in with these like sassy but unhelpful updates. Like, I think that guy must be smoking a Flocka. Like, not useful information. So I decided to make the best of it and introduce myself to my neighbors. On one side there was Tony, a very cool 20 something, who I assume is either like a DJ or a graphic designer. And then there is Danny, who is studying to be a paramedic. And halfway through this ordeal, Danny just announces loudly to the whole train, I think we should just turn the power on and just fry that guy. And I'm like, danny, bro, your shit got dark real fast. And he just looks at me by way of explanation and says, lord of the Rings, bro. And I'm pretty sure he means Lord of the Flies. But like, I don't want to be a bitch about it. I also have not read Lord of the Rings, so maybe there is like a famous scene involving like a train and a wizard and like, I don't want to get into it. So at that moment we hear this booming voice out of nowhere from the back of the train. Like the voice of God. I am diabetic, claustrophobic and narcoleptic, which is like an amazing list of afflictions. So we turn to see the source of this voice and it's this tall guy with a heat jersey and sunglasses. He has enraptured the whole train and then starts to make demands. I need water, snacks and Freedom. Like, holy crap, this guy is Braveheart. He is. He is the William Wallace of the Metro rail system. You, sir, have our attention. And bus passes for a month. Bus passes for a month, ladies and gentlemen. Who is with me? We need to stand united for. For justice. So Tony, the DJ graphic designer, stands up and starts chanting, bus pass. Bus pass. And Danny, the Tolkien loving sociopath, starts chanting, power to the people. Power to the people. The whole train is clapping and cheering and we are no longer strangers on a train. We are a movement. And just when I think that, like, Danny and Tony are going to pry open the doors of the train and we're going to rush out onto the tracks like the cast of Les Mis, just like storming the barricades, demanding free bus passes and snacks from Miami Dade Transit. Just like that. The train rumbles to life and we begin to move. And the moment is over. Everyone scrambles for their bags and their.