take the MBTA at your own risk these days: ‘I saw blood everywhere.’ Witnesses describe horrific Back Bay MBTA escalator malfunction

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‘I saw blood everywhere.’ Witnesses describe horrific Back Bay MBTA escalator malfunction

A pile of people. Blood everywhere. Screams. Witnesses of the escalator malfunction Sunday evening at the Back Bay MBTA station described a terrifying scene when an ascending escalator suddenly reversed at a high speed shortly after 6 p.m., sending people tumbling backward. “I didn’t think there would be injuries that seemed kind of serious until I was walking by, getting out,” said Matt Wasserman. “Then I saw blood everywhere; a couple people had taken their shirts off because there was blood everywhere.” Read the full story.