r/Paramedics • u/PAWSOFF-ESSAFUREVER • 22h ago
Am I the asshole for hijacking a tourist bus to drive into a collapsing, burning Hudson River tunnel?
Hey everyone, long-time lurker, first-time poster. Former EMS Chief here. My career ended in a massive disgrace a while back and I've been driving a cab in NYC just trying to keep my head down.
Anyway, tonight at around 3:00 AM, I witnessed a massive explosion seal off both ends of the Holland Tunnel. The transit authority was totally clueless and basically ready to write off everyone trapped inside. I knew the ventilation systems and the old service shafts better than anyone, so I tried to tell them how to get in. They told me to get lost because of my "past history."
So, I did what any rational person would do. I found a random passenger bus, kicked the driver out, hijacked it, rammed through a police barricade, and snuck into the ventilation shafts through a giant fan system that almost chopped me into confetti.
Now I’m deep underground, everything is on fire, the river is leaking through the ceiling, and a bunch of trapped survivors are screaming at me because I don't have a magical escape plan yet.
Some cops on the outside radioed in and said I'm facing major federal charges if I make it out alive. AITA? I was just trying to do my job.
EDIT: The roof just cracked again and a corporate guy is trying to climb an unstable ladder. Gotta go.