[Note to readers: OK, I'm just too tired to write something today about the "CTA Doomsday." So here's a more traditional Tattler Tale about something "seen and heard on the CTA."]
The young woman boards the southbound Red Line train at Wilson during the morning rush. Almost immediately she begins flailing her arms, and her lunch bag goes flying onto another rider's lap.
She does a slow spin in a broad circle by the door. Someone orders a young couple in the facing seats by the door to let her sit down. They jump up quickly, but the woman is oblivious to their ultimate courtesy. She continues to stumble near the door, finally resting against it. Spittle drools from her mouth and on her clean white T shirt.
I'm no medical doctor, but it appears she may be suffering a seizure.
Meanwhile, a blue-scrubs-clad angel of mercy appears, and makes her way to the emergency call button to inform the driver there may be a medical emergency here. By now we're halfway to Sheridan.
We stop at Sheridan. The stricken woman finally takes a seat, with the nurse (doctor?) next to her, asking questions. The motorman stops by and asks if she needs medical assistance. She says no. We proceed after about a 3-4 minute delay.
Amazingly, despite a few pirouettes and stumbles, the woman never lost her balance. Her helper was still comforting her when I exited the train at Grand.
I'm glad the woman appears to have recovered.
I also selfishly and shamefully admit I'm glad we weren't stuck for 20 minutes waiting for paramedics to treat her and take her to the hospital. It was a CTA "medical emergency" averted.
"I just have to say good on the CTA. The Blue Line slow zone on the subway between Damen and the Loop seems to be all cleared up. Trains were even running this weekend.
"It's so nice to make it downtown in a reasonable time period.
"I was skeptical about Huberman, but so far, so good.
"Now, if only the idiots in S-field would get their heads out of their asses.
"The RTA never should have taken the money. The political pressure would have been unbelievably intense after only a day of "doomsday"."
Now it's time for the Springfield "idiots" to step up.