Rider stranded at station: 'Now I got to go call somebody to pick me up.'
Carlos Vilera arrived at the Hicksville LIRR station to learn that the trains weren't running due to the strike. Credit: Newsday/Peter Gill
At the Hicksville train station early Saturday morning, several would-be train riders who had not heard about the strike showed up, only to be disappointed.
Carlos Vilera, a plumber from Hicksville, said he didn’t know about the strike and needed to get to Manhattan for work today.
“Now I got to go call somebody to pick me up,” he said.
A woman, who described herself as professional home organizer and identified herself as "Sherry the Organizer," said she had heard about the possibility of the strike, but wasn’t sure if it was going to go ahead.
She was frustrated she couldn't meet a client. “Not everyone gets work every single day," she said.
She's heard about the MTA’s contingency shuttles, but the schedule — only weekdays— wouldn’t work for people like her who work weekends.
A woman identifying herself as “Sherry the Organizer” who showed up at the Hicksville train station Saturday morning, only to find no service. Credit: Newsday/ Peter Gill
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