Thank goodness for the subway system.
House Speaker Martin Romualdez and Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Anton Lagdameo Jr. were both running late for a meeting in New York City in the United States (US) on Thursday morning (Philippine time) Sept. 22, and the local traffic wasn't doing them any favors.
That's when the two ranking Philippine officials opted to take the subway.
A Facebook post from Juan Xavier Tengco detailed exactly what happened.
"Due to the heavy traffic brought about by the United Nations General Assembly, had the opportunity to take Speaker Martin Romualdez and SAP Anton Lagdameo via subway just to make it in time for their next official meeting," Tengco wrote.
Romualdez and Lagdameo got on the subway at around 7 a.m. Thursday, Philippine time, which was in the middle of evening rush hour in New York City.
Romualdez and Lagdameo are part of the official delegation of Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. in his ongoing US visit.