I have never had any desire since to stand between a subway door and a crowd of impatient riders.

The incident Saturday prompted renewed interest in the safety of subway doors.

Problem: Too many subway doors fly open as trains travel between stations.

Obviously, they keep the hands free to do important things, like prying open subway doors when you are late, or reading the newspaper.

Without the two workers, the union officials predicted, the number of people being caught in subway doors and dragged along platforms would increase.

When subway doors take an extra two seconds to close, passengers act as though they are sitting on beds of needles.

The octospiders then gestured at the open subway door and Robert climbed inside.

This memory eventually receded, like the man through the subway doors.

Everyone facing the open subway door, and a number of people standing behind them, watched the iPod drop to oblivion.

And officials noted that the transit workers were not yet on hand to keep the subway doors clear.