A group of straphangers who were stranded on an A train for eight hours overnight during the 2010 Christmas blizzard should take their legal complaint to the pearly gates, says the MTA. In a response to a lawsuit filed by several of the passengers, the MTA is blaming God in their defense. According to a court filing obtained by the Post, transit lawyers are arguing that "employees were confronted with an emergency situation by virtue of an Act of God." Please be patient, for the Lord moves in mysterious ways due to an earlier incident.
The "blame God" approach differs from public statements the outgoing MTA president made in December. During a City Council hearing on the MTA's handling of the blizzard, NYC Transit President Thomas Prendergast said, "We forgot about it. And it’s inexcusable." But there's no contradiction here; after all, if God is indeed so powerful that He can create a blizzard that traps dozens of people on the subway, surely He can also erase MTA employees' memories! Still God's fault! Why, you probably won't even remember reading this, if that mischievous God gets His way.
