Swine Flu Fears Lead to Girl-on-Girl Brawl on D Train

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After a rough spring that saw as many as 20 to 40 percent of New Yorkers exposed to H1N1, subway riders have resorted to defending themselves with their fists.

Violence struck on a southbound D train Monday morning after two women got into an argument over one's refusal to cover her mouth while coughing. It ended with her spitting on the other, a punch, and the second woman dragging the first to the floor of the car by her hair.

Here's the play-by-play account, as witnessed firsthand by The Business Insider's Lawrence Delevingne:

"No one got the conductor -- it just seemed like a shouting match -- but as the train pulled into 42nd Street, the coughing woman spit on the other, provoking what sounded like a punch from the reaction of the crowd (we didn't directly see it). Then the cougher attempted to exit the train as the doors were open, but the second woman grabbed her by the back of the hair, violently yanking her down to the floor."

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Swine-Flu-Fears-Lead-to-Girl-on-Girl-Brawl-on-NYC-Subway-68801572.html

Whoa!

[snagglepuss]

1. Tensions are running high especially on mass transit. I'm not surprised

someone not covering their mouth generated such hostility.

[Echo In Light]

2. The future of America on many social levels

[seabeyond]

3. two males fighting, boy on boy brawl. hm,never hear . must everything female be male entertainment

can reporters not be 13 yr old boys.

[dana_b]

6. good catch

sad that I hear that stuff so much that it didn't phase me.

[Toucano]

8. Very unprofessional headline.

Almost as sad as the "brawl" itself.

[dana_b]

4. "what is this, elementary school?"

where do kids learn that stuff anyway?

I ride public transportation all the time and I admit that there are VERY rude people who have no respiratory etiquette I may ask them to cover their mouths but this stuff is beyond ridiculous. It's probably just the beginning of this behavior.

[lpbk2713]

5. This whole flu thing is following the story line of "The Stand"

Mother Abigail is that you calling me?

[Tim01]

7. Classy. Hard to believe this would happen in a NY subway. nt

[joeybee12]

9. How can this be news if it happened in New York?

Pretty commonplace, except for the coughing.