Train journeys home from a long day at work can be extremely exhausting.
The fatigue coupled with strangers cramped up together can be a harrowing affair if you are someone who prefers solitude and quiet.
Recently, New York based civil rights attorney Joel Wertheimer, after a long and tiring day at work, got on a train hoping for a calm, quiet journey home. Instead, he was forced into singing Backstreet Boys’ ‘I Want It That Way’with a carriage full of New Yorkers.
Wertheimer posted a video of the incredible incident on Twitter with the following caption: “Had a really tough week and tonight I was the subway and some guy walks between train cars, shirtless, bumping a speaker.”
“I wasn’t in the mood for Showtime particularly. But sometimes people and life surprise you and a little magic happens,” he added.
https://twitter.com/Wertwhile/status/1140425579793178625
Another Twitter user, Sarah Gray, was also in the same carriage with her family.
“My family and I were on this same car. Thanks so much for sharing this moment of NY magic. Tho, you missed the best part: when you all belted out the high part, ‘Don’t want to hear you…!’ Also that collective groan when he walked off before the song ended. And applause,” wrote Sarah.
https://twitter.com/sarahjane1077/status/1141552305063571456
Sometimes, you just need a bit of Backstreet Boys in your life.
Here’s how social media reacted:
https://twitter.com/Eheppner31/status/1140658579445354496
This has got to be the most awesome thing I have seen today. After a royally challenging and crappy week…. This was not only heart warming but down right awesome. Ty for sharing!
— Lynn M Fenton (@RavenLynnM) June 21, 2019
“I wasn’t in the mood for Showtime particularly” 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/ZQuEqrmC0v
— Flac Billi 🇵🇦🏁 (@Flac_Billi) June 17, 2019
Damn cuh where the rest can’t be cutting classics short smh
— Chicken Hawk🦅 (@BawseBeez) June 17, 2019
Perfect. Everybody from different places and we all get along. That’s how we New Yorkers do. ❤️
— Maria Hinojosa 🥑 (@Maria_Hinojosa) June 17, 2019
Seeing complete strangers, of all different races and backgrounds, bonding together in this fashion puts the biggest smile on my face.
— Sergio P (@SergHooo) June 17, 2019
Music transcends and connects.
— good vibes lang (@allgoodvibe) June 17, 2019
PNN