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Metro rider who helped dying passenger: ‘I told her she was going to be okay.’ Metro rider who helped dying passenger: ‘I told her she was going to be okay.’
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Jonathan Rogers said he was in the second or third car of a Yellow Line train Monday when it stopped abruptly in a tunnel just outside of the L’Enfant Plaza station. Soon, smoke filled the car and some passengers began having breathing problems. On Tuesday, Rogers, who works at the D.C. Department of Transportation, said he was still recovering from a difficult afternoon and remembering a woman he and his fellow passengers tried to help.Jonathan Rogers said he was in the second or third car of a Yellow Line train Monday when it stopped abruptly in a tunnel just outside of the L’Enfant Plaza station. Soon, smoke filled the car and some passengers began having breathing problems. On Tuesday, Rogers, who works at the D.C. Department of Transportation, said he was still recovering from a difficult afternoon and remembering a woman he and his fellow passengers tried to help.
Rogers recalled that after several minutes aboard the smoke-filled train, passengers began having difficulty breathing, including a woman, who was identified Tuesday afternoon as Carol Glover, sitting in one of the seats facing the door.  But unlike others who were very vocal about their discomfort, “She was kind of stoic.”Rogers recalled that after several minutes aboard the smoke-filled train, passengers began having difficulty breathing, including a woman, who was identified Tuesday afternoon as Carol Glover, sitting in one of the seats facing the door.  But unlike others who were very vocal about their discomfort, “She was kind of stoic.”
“She was just sitting,” he said. “You wouldn’t have even noticed that anything was wrong. ”“She was just sitting,” he said. “You wouldn’t have even noticed that anything was wrong. ”
But there was something seriously wrong. Rogers watched through the smoke as the woman slid out of her seat and sank slowly to the floor. Eventually, she got down on all fours, he recalled.But there was something seriously wrong. Rogers watched through the smoke as the woman slid out of her seat and sank slowly to the floor. Eventually, she got down on all fours, he recalled.
“It wasn’t like she was demanding help,” Rogers said. “She was too short of breath.”“It wasn’t like she was demanding help,” Rogers said. “She was too short of breath.”
He and other passengers rushed to her side to help..He and other passengers rushed to her side to help..
“I told her she was going to be okay, to stay calm,” he said. He said he kneeled next to her. “She was kind of murmuring to herself. When she got down on all fours, she kept saying to me ‘fan me.’ I had my big program book and I tried to fan her. She kept saying, ‘I can’t, I can’t …’ and then she laid down and she just wasn’t responding.”“I told her she was going to be okay, to stay calm,” he said. He said he kneeled next to her. “She was kind of murmuring to herself. When she got down on all fours, she kept saying to me ‘fan me.’ I had my big program book and I tried to fan her. She kept saying, ‘I can’t, I can’t …’ and then she laid down and she just wasn’t responding.”
By then the temperature in the car had risen significantly. Rogers said he and a few other passengers tried to get Glover’s coat off.By then the temperature in the car had risen significantly. Rogers said he and a few other passengers tried to get Glover’s coat off.
“Someone said, ‘I think she’s unconscious,’ ” he said. One person took her pulse and didn’t feel anything. He and another man began administering CPR.“Someone said, ‘I think she’s unconscious,’ ” he said. One person took her pulse and didn’t feel anything. He and another man began administering CPR.
“He was doing the compressions and I was doing the breathing,” he said.“He was doing the compressions and I was doing the breathing,” he said.
But it didn’t appear to make a difference.But it didn’t appear to make a difference.
“It was just like — it wasn’t helping,” Rogers said. “She wasn’t breathing.”“It was just like — it wasn’t helping,” Rogers said. “She wasn’t breathing.”
They knew they needed to get help, but with the train operator insisting that passengers stay on the train, “we couldn’t  take her off the train.”They knew they needed to get help, but with the train operator insisting that passengers stay on the train, “we couldn’t  take her off the train.”
Rogers said they slowly moved the woman to a standing position. A big man came over to where they were standing.Rogers said they slowly moved the woman to a standing position. A big man came over to where they were standing.
“He scooped her up and cradled her in his arms,” Rogers said. The man walked toward the rear of the train.“He scooped her up and cradled her in his arms,” Rogers said. The man walked toward the rear of the train.
“He went out of our car into the next one. I don’t know what happened after that. Nobody followed because they had told us to stay on the train.”“He went out of our car into the next one. I don’t know what happened after that. Nobody followed because they had told us to stay on the train.”