Watch New Yorkers help this man lug a gigantic steel beam onto the subway

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"Only in New York."

Those are the words of the cameraman filming several subway riders helping another man get a massive beam onto a train. And, in quintessential New York fashion, there are no questions asked. Watch the video below. Warning: The content contains some explicit language. Tim O'Donnell

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Tim O'Donnell
Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.