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Dante couldn’t have imagined New York City summers. Summers in Bay Ridge, my neighborhood, were hot; my tour in Baghdad came close, but couldn’t equal riding the 4th Ave Local or Sea Beach Express into Manhattan. A sauna couldn’t outperform what the 4th Avenue Local could put out when it came to heat. Satan would have found Hades cooler. Violating subway rules, passengers opened the end doors on the cars, ignoring the command “No Standing Between Cars.” Riding the subway in summer was capital punishment.
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