Imagine this......
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/15/nyregion/15TRAN.html But the Long Island Rail Road reported no injuries among the 1,000 passengers trapped in the 4:04 to Babylon, which left the station just minutes before the power failed. Brian Dolan, a spokesman for the railroad, said the train was stalled under the East River with no cool air until 6 p.m., when a diesel train was able to tow it back into Penn Station.
Donna Romano, a passenger, said it felt like a sauna. "But we couldn't open the windows," she said, "because it was worse outside than it was inside."