En route, the police car is involved in an accident and fails to deliver the money in time. The mayor agrees to Ryder's ransom, ordering the police to deliver it. To save the hostage, Garber claims that he was offered the bribe while deciding between two companies, using the money to pay for his child's college tuition, and insists he would have made the same decision regardless. Ryder also discovers the allegations online and forces Garber to confess by threatening to kill a passenger. Lieutenant Camonetti of the New York City Police Department Emergency Service Unit takes over negotiations, which infuriates Ryder, who kills the train's motorman to force Camonetti to bring Garber back.Ĭamonetti learns that Garber is being investigated for allegedly accepting a $35,000 bribe over a contract for new Japanese subway cars. A hostage's laptop also connects to the Internet, and its webcam allows the control center to observe Ryder and Ramos. On his laptop, Ryder watches the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunge nearly 1,000 points in response to the hijacking. Garber reluctantly negotiates with Ryder as Ramos and Emri set up Internet access in the tunnel. Ryder warns that every minute he waits past the deadline, he will kill a hostage.īashkin kills a suspicious New York City Transit Police officer, and all the passengers not in the front car, except the motorman, are released. Metropolitan Transportation Authority employee Walter Garber, working the Rail Control Center as a train dispatcher, receives a call from Ryder, demanding $10 million in cash to be paid within 60 minutes. Uncoupling the front car of the train below 51st Street, they take the passengers hostage.

A man calling himself Ryder and his accomplices – Bashkin, Emri, and former train operator Phil Ramos – hijack Pelham 123, a New York City Subway 6 train, at 77th Street ( Grand Central-42nd Street on the 7 Train Platform).

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