On the 1&2 Line during rush hour on the streets, went from 86 Street to Fulton St. [down by the world trade center space] in 20 minutes. Transfer at 42nd street: one car stops, the other train is pulling into the station, and one steps aboard.
Two 50-something men, sitting on a bench in the upper concourse. A third man, younger in hoodie and jeans standing ‘by’. It was the way they were ‘casually’ sitting on the bench. Their arms didn’t look right for all their casualness. In the next second I realized they were both cuffed, and the ‘dude’ was an undercover policeman. It makes me feel ill and sad when I see cuffed men. Does it happen often enough to them that it’s all in a day’s work? NO idea, but the image stays with me a long time.