This Just Happened During My Morning Commute

I was just on the F train for my normal commute to work. It was rush hour and the train was overcrowded as usual. I was stuck in the middle and I needed to grab a pole, but there was a girl hunched over the pole nearest to me so there wasn't room for me to grab it.

As the train started to go, I heard a huge smack. The hunched-over girl had fainted! She was on the ground, looking very strange with her neck bent and and head up against the side of a seat. There wasn't enough room where she had fallen to accommodate her body and she had smacked her head on the way down.

"Is there an emergency button anyone can push?!" I yelled into the crowd.

A woman yelled, "Is a there a doctor or medical professional on board?"

People just kind of looked at each other. I wondered how I could help this girl breathe better or if I should even touch her. It appeared no medical professional was on board, so this might be some improv. I seriously hoped no CPR was required. Just as I had these thoughts, the girl opened her eyes, got up as if in a hazy dream and said, "Can I sit down?"

The man nearest her quickly got up and she sat bent over looking very unwell. The woman who had yelled for a doctor pushed her way over to the girl as the train hit my stop.

No one seemed to be doing anything so I sprinted to the front of the train and pounded on the dispatcher's window.

He opened the window and I said "Hey, we just had a passenger faint! She got up but she needs help. What do I do??"

He looked at me apathetically and said "Uh, talk to those guys in vests over there."

Reducing 10,000 delays a year.

I looked around. The construction workers? There were two construction workers looking clueless.

"Those guys?" I asked, confused, pointing to the construction workers.

"Yeah," he said and he shut the window on me.

Just as I turned to talk to them, I heard a roar behind. I turned to see the train speed off with the girl inside, not to be late for anyone's rush hour commute.