'The doors on the very oldest trains operate on basically an analog system, an analog system that probably should have been replaced 20 years ago...' said Brian Kane, the executive director of the MBTA Advisory Board.
Safety issues plaguing the MBTA are well-documented, but many problems go unnoticed and unmentioned by riders until they have grave consequences."I can't see the T sign without feeling sick," he said, his voice breaking.On April 10, 2022, Robinson was stepping off a Red Line train at Broadway Station when his arm got caught in a side passenger door. The father of two, a loyal T rider, was dragged to his death.
"Any time you hear a story like this, particularly Robinson's case, it just hits you that, you know, that that's someone who is not going home that night. That's someone who is not going to see their family again. And it's so preventable. And that's what makes it tragic," said Ben Zimmerman, the Lalin family’s attorney., the MBTA offered its condolences to Lalin's family in a statement, but would not comment on the complaint specifically.
Shortly after Lalin's death, the NBC10 Boston Investigators began looking into door issues on the T and found a myriad of incidents that are rarely made public, but further illustrate the safety issues plaguing the country's oldest subway system. The most frequently reported problem on the Red, Orange, and Blue lines was"half door shut off," when one half of a two-door set fails to open or close or is shut off.
We asked the MBTA whether the malfunction they found in the door of the train car that dragged Robinson Lalin to his death was reflected in the records, but due to pending litigation and the ongoing NTSB investigation they refused to answer our question.
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