Traffic & Transit
'Flood Rat' Takes Shelter From Subway Deluge In Viral Video
The intrepid rodent was doing all it could to stay dry — just like the rest of us.
NEW YORK — Humans weren't the only ones struggling to stay dry as the remnants of Tropical Depression Florence drenched New York City. A viral video captured a subway rat huddling behind a column as a current of water gushed through the station around it.
The intrepid rodent was dubbed "Flood Rat" by Reddit user JacksonCheeseburger, who posted the short clip to the social media site Tuesday. It's since garnered more than 200 comments and more than 2,100 upvotes.
The latest successor to Pizza Rat was trapped by gushing water at the 23rd Street stop on the 6 line, just one of several subway stations flooded by torrential rain that afternoon.
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Some Redditors expressed sympathy for the cowering creature. But one suggested it would be a good fit to run the struggling subway system.
"Flood Rat for governor," the user sladygaga wrote.
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Watch the clip of Flood Rat below via YouTube, and see the original Reddit post here.
(Lead image: Screencap via YouTube)
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