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Calls for more cops on NYC subway grow after A train carnage

By Thomas A. Smith

The outcry for more cops on city subways reached a fever pitch Saturday in the wake of a killer s rampage on the A line. And the NYPD appeared to be listening, announcing at least 500 more officers would be on patrol underground by Monday.

Shell-shocked riders and angry officials pulled no punches in demanding safer subways, as a massive manhunt got underway for a lone madman believed to be responsible for fatally stabbing two homeless people and slashing two others in a 14-hour span Friday and Saturday.

Shaken straphangers at the A train s Far Rockaway Mott Avenue station called for stepped-up security, including increased patrols and even metal detectors.

It s scary. It s really scary. I ve never felt safe on the subway, but I ve always known I ve had to take them, said Marissa Augustus, 17. I m scared for my life.

via nypost.com

Those. darn. subways!