Like the white picket fence, the stainless steel fence — prevalent in New York neighborhoods densely populated by Asian homeowners — evokes a sense of making it, but it’s flashier.
“Thanks to you, no passengers were left behind and no lives were lost,” Mayor Eric Adams said at a ceremony honoring the workers’ calm response to the chaos during the subway shooting.
Houari Benkada was fasting for Ramadan and had woken up for a pre-dawn meal with his mother before setting off for work at the New Yorker Hotel. He is recovering from a gunshot wound.