Some people can't react in a situation like this. Consider taking the subway everyday and having to put up with all the menancing people around and try to make it to your job without getting harrassed, pushed, touched or aggressively bothered by all the freaks. Most people have tuned so out and are so affraid to get into a confrontation - they become like cattle. This poor guy pushed onto the platform actually told that horrible black menance to stop bothering people and he was thrown in front of a train for it. nyc is a hell hole.