pecially as like a young woman who's just recently going to have to commute to the city pretty often, and I definitely think there should be better security measures put in place. 

Emma, 30, a dental hygienist who was outside Penn Station with her 7-year-old son, Leonardo, said the incident gives her pause about riding the rails.

5 A police vehicle seen outside Penn Station on Sunday, June 7, 2026. William C Lopez/NY Post

 It freaks you out, it makes you wonder if you should even be using the subway with your kids, especially because, I mean, there's always creepy people in the subway, but you never really think that you're gonna be there during the time that something like that happens,  she said.