Stooping to help on a Manhattan sidewalk, an A train dance party and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
Stooping to help on a Manhattan sidewalk, an A train dance party and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
Stooping to help on a Manhattan sidewalk, an A train dance party and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
Tied Up
Dear Diary:
I was running errands on an unseasonably warm October afternoon. As I approached the crowded corner of 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue, I heard someone calling out in earnest.
“Excuse me! Excuse me!” the voice said.
I turned to see a woman in running gear walking toward an older man who was holding a white cane.
“Sir,” the woman said urgently, “your shoelace is untied.”
She paused.
“Would you like me to tie it for you?” she asked.
The man did not hesitate.
“Sure!” he said.
The woman knelt down, tied his shoe and went on her way.
— Meghana Shah