If you've ridden any New York subway, chances are good that you've watched your cellphone clock tick while seated on an unmoving, delayed train. You wouldn't wish to have such a1feeling of being stuck on public transportation anymore. No one knows the feeling as 2 as Jerich Marco Alcantara does particularly when he had 3in his life to celebrate. He 4 his graduation ceremony at Hunter College's Brookdale campus due to a delay.

    There were two5ceremonies that day, but Alcantara specifically wanted to6the early ceremony, because students were only7 two tickets for friends and family at the latter event. He wanted all of his family and friends in attendance.

    Stuck on the train in full baccalaureate gown (学士服), Alcantara still got to experience a formal 8, sort of. Some friends and strangers improvised (即兴创作) a ceremony on the subway.9a cellphone, a friend presented Alcantara with a “diploma”;10 somebody else on the train played Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) by Green Day. Another passenger11the ceremony and posted the video to Facebook.

    12he wasn't able to attend the full ceremony, in a way this will end up being a more memorable13for Alcantara down the road. He will be able to point to his14and not just think of the hard work it took to earn it, but the15missing his real graduation ceremony created.

    Moments like these help us get a little more16of our fellow man during a17time. Although these aren't all strangers, it's still wonderful to see people18 to make sure someone feels the proper19, or at least their big achievement should be20. Though Alcantara missed his official graduation ceremony, he said his subway experience meant a lot.