Pedestrians walk outside an NFTA Metro Rail station in Buffalo on December 27, 2022, a few days after a blizzard hit four Western New York counties. (Joseph Cooke/Buffalo News)
Airport and transit officials recounted harrowing stories of rescuing stranded passengers and motorists in snowbanks, but union officials who attended a post-blizzard review meeting Thursday say the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority response could have vastly improved through better communication with its rank and file workers.
"You can't understand what it was like unless you were here," Airfield Superintendent Joe Guarino said. "I hope I never see anything like this again in my lifetime."Â
After the final trip to the firehouse at about 8 a.m., the crash truck got stuck – meeting the same fate as two-thirds of Erie County emergency vehicles that embarked overnight Friday.
Cars remain abandoned on the Scajaquada Expressway and Delaware Avenue "S-Curves" several days after the Blizzard of 2022. The nearby 1901 Pan American Exposition neighborhood is a winter wonderland buried beneath a deep layer of snow.
Pedestrians walk outside an NFTA Metro Rail station in Buffalo on December 27, 2022, a few days after a blizzard hit four Western New York counties. (Joseph Cooke/Buffalo News)
