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Did a Japanese high school student stop 350,000 people from getting home by throwing a bag?
TOKYO —
Imagine you’re taking the train home from work at 7 p.m., finally getting to leave after being there for almost twelve hours. You can’t wait to just eat some dinner, relax and then get some much-needed sleep.
But then — bam! The train stops and the electricity goes off. You’re stuck, and you’re not getting home for a long, long time.
That’s exactly what happened on Tuesday to many passengers in the Tokyo/Yokohama area. An accident shut down entire lines, affecting over 350,000 people’s commute home.
What caused it, you ask? The answer may be a single high school student and his friend’s bag.
At about 7:15 p.m. on August 4, the Keihin-Tohoku and Negishi lines (that run through Tokyo and Yokohama) were shut down due to “an aerial wiring disconnection.” Something broke on the wires that run above the trains, cutting off electricity to the cars.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/did-a-japanese-high-school-student-stop-350000-people-from-getting-home-by-throwing-a-bag
