One of the straphangers involved in this week’s horrific shooting on a crowded train said he thought it might have been his “last moments”.
Alanie Aucoin Jackson, 30, was on her way to work when she heard a loud argument on the subway.
“Then as the train approached Hoyt, the doors finally opened and immediately I heard gunshots,” Aucoin-Jackson said. NewsNation’s Ashley Banfield.
“At that moment, it felt like life or death. And everyone started running and crowding around me. My first thought was to immediately get on the subway floor and hide under the seats. Because there were too many people.”
Aucoin Jackson, who lives in Brownsville, said she immediately thought the worst.
“At this point, we had no idea if it was someone involved in a mass shooting or if it was a personal attack on him,” she said.
“I heard multiple gunshots and people were getting hurt or stepped on and I didn’t know if it was going to continue or stop. It was honestly scary and I feared this might be my last moment. I didn’t know, so I started recording. As a New Yorker, it’s my biggest fear that this would happen.”
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Aucoin Jackson, who captured video of the disturbing rush-hour scuffle, told Banfield he was cowering under his seat as gunshots rang out.
“People were screaming and everyone was trying to call 911,” she said.
“I still tear up when I think about it, because I started recording it not knowing if this was going to be my last moment. And it was such a strange feeling coming out of it… I stayed under that seat for probably 15 minutes because I was shaking and couldn’t get out until the officer told us.”
Auction Jackson could not be reached for further comment Saturday.
