(natsot)<br/> <br />Panic aboard the Chilean metro as thousands are left stranded in the dark.<br/> <br />(natsot)<br/> <br />An electrical glitch had shut off the power -- during rush hour.<br/> <br />Cell phone video illustrates the growing anxiety of passengers trapped in the train...as they pounded on the doors, desperate for metro staff to open them.<br/> <br />And there was little ventilation inside as cramped riders waited nearly 40 minutes before metro staff came to their rescue.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PASSENGER AFFECTED BY METRO POWERCUT, SAYING:<br/> <br />"There was much despair and heat inside and they didn't want to open the doors. That was the problem."<br/> <br />Among those trapped were disabled people, pregnant women and children.<br/> <br />The state-owned metro has yet to make an official statement about what caused the electrical outage.
