Maeve Higgins: Why New Yorkers 'keep going' after subway attack

The New York subway remains an essential part of life for many who do not live close to or cannot afford other options, writes Maeve Higgins.

A person is aided outside a subway car in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 12, after a gunman filled a rush-hour subway train with smoke and shot multiple people. Picture: Will B Wylde via AP

On Tuesday, during the morning rush hour, a man sitting on the N train, a busy subway line serving Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens, fastened on a gas mask. Then he dropped two smoke grenades in his carriage and began shooting. He fired 33 shots, hitting 10 people. 

The New York Times reported that he fled after this attack, and that as well as the 10 people he shot, all of whom survived and some of whom are in critical condition, at least 13 others were injured, either by falling, having a panic attack, or inhaling smoke. This is the worst mass shooting ever on New York City public transport.