Another New York Minute
I'm returning from hearings on a crowded subway, in my suit and overcoat...Latina woman and child in corner get up to squeeze past people to get off the train...roughly 50-year-old African-American woman behind me sees the child left his Batman toy on the seat. She calls out to her, but the woman apparently doesn't hear. She hands me Batman, I wave it towards her, trying to tap her shoulder, and miss. She still doesn't hear us, and exits to the platform. I can't get around art student with his canvases, so I toss Batman at her shoulder, hoping she'll feel it and pick it up. She doesn't, and Batman hits the platform. Large, roughly 300-pound African-American man on platform sees this, picks up Batman, and runs after them. I turn to the woman who started this relay, and say "he'll get it back." She grins.
