While heading uptown on #2 train, I was resting, listening to the coming crusade choir practice file "Schubert's Psalm 23 Tenor" on my iphone, I looked up and saw a familiar face.
I looked again, wondering where I've seen that face...seems to be on TV a lot. Then I realized this guy looked like Major Bloomberg. After a quick hint from the appearance of 3 agents and one police officer around me, I realized it's really the Major himself. I must have shut my eyes while he entered into the car. He was standing just opposite where I sat, talking to some guy with a hat, fiddling with what appeared to be an Ipad. He must have stepped in somewhere around Chamber Street. I checked out other passengers in the car to verify my realization. We've only got about 6-7 including myself in that car. No one was any excited. A few just looked at him again and again like me. I was in the only spot with the closest direct view at the major who either looked down or his ipad or his partner all the time. Some may have just been as oblivious as I was before I opened my eyes. I supposed the talk about Bloomberg or him emphasising taking public transportation is true. But I am unsure about the necessity of the security detail. When I arrived 14th Street, I had to take another door (since he was standing against the door I was closest to), just so I could avoid any trouble from his agents (One seemed to approach me...I could be wrong...when I stood up and then didn't do anything as I headed directly to a different exit...I think the major was, however, ready to let me pass through...but then again...I didn't want no trouble I couldn't afford). I kept my cool. I wondered what would happened if I cheered "Major Bloomberg!!!", good thing I was in slumber.
A lady sat down wondering about the standing tall security agents at first, then as soon as she realized (2-3 minutes) Major Bloomberg was in "town", she immediately switched seat for a better opposite view from a 45 degree angle. I gathered she must have envied my seat. I could grab his Ipad in one full step.
All's well that ends well, I didn't get too excited, no one got into trouble. The only sounds were coming from the major and his partner and the train. I got off at my station instead of being tempted to stay on the train and see what would happen. Perhaps not for the others, but this is certainly my first encounter with the major in real person.