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Stand Still on the Subway and Feel the World Move

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Underneath a well lit city, just below the last layer of grime lies a series of tunnels, through them runs the lest efficient and largest mode of public transportation in america. At half of eleven the six car-subway grinds painfully to a halt, lives take a pause and we get a moments insight into the lives of five New Yorker’s days.

 Manhattan: Deaf student
Brooklyn: Doctor
Bronx: Inner city drop out/ Dsylexia
Queens: Homelessness
Staten Island: Seven year old athleteAll Rights Reserved

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Stand Still on the Subway and Feel the World Move
Tue, Aug 14, 2012

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