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Runaway Red Line train’s safe stop brings Baker’s praise

Runaway Red Line train’s safe stop brings Baker’s praise

State House News Service

BOSTON — Halting a runaway Red Line subway train with 50 passengers aboard with no injuries drew praise for the two Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority workers who performed the feat from the T's control center last Thursday, stopping the driverless train in north Quincy by shutting off the power to the third rail.

"You two performed in exemplary fashion, made a whole series of strategic decisions, executed them perfectly and turned what could have been a far more dangerous circumstance into something that – while it was temporarily messy for a lot of the people involved – did not lead to any sort of significant, even minor, disaster," Gov. Charlie Baker told the MBTA employees, Mark McNeill and Ainsley "Lee" Saunders, during a ceremony in the governor's office Monday. Both received formal citations for their performance.

In New Hampshire, Christie touts role as prosecutor, tears into Cruz, Paul and Rubio
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In New Hampshire, Christie touts role as prosecutor, tears into Cruz, Paul and Rubio

Samantha-Rae Tuthill

WEARE, N.H. – For Chris Christie, Nov. 13 marked a turning point – one that was reinforced Dec. 2 – to focus his presidential campaign on terrorism and fighting the Islamic State.

"Three week ago, everything changed," said the New Jersey governor and contender for the  Republican presidential nomination, speaking to a couple of hundred people at a town meeting-style gathering on Saturday. He referred to the Nov. 13 terrorist attack in Paris and the Islamic State-inspired massacre in San Bernardino, California, on Dec. 2.

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