Video: Q Train Riders Trapped For An Hour Start Singing Jackson 5

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK -- Subway riders were stuck underground in a stifling hot, jam-packed Q train for more than a half hour when one of the riders spoke up and posed a question: "Can anyone sing?"

A woman's voice rose over the murmuring crowd, "You and I must make a pact/We must bring salvation back/Where there is love...."

The crowd joined in, "I'll be there."

My subway car today broke out into song while we were stuck in a tunnel for an hour and a half without electricity (i.e. hot af in there). #mta #stillthebestcity pic.twitter.com/RvKrnG5p5a
— Rafi Santo (@Empathetics) March 15, 2019

This New York moment was caught on camera by Rafi Santo, who posted video of an impromptu sing-along on a Q train stuck between Prospect Park and Seventh Avenue stops in Brooklyn on Thursday afternoon.

The serenade began just 30 minutes after the MTA cut electricity to the Q train tracks, which meant no air conditioning and rising heat in the crowded car, Santos wrote on Reddit.

Finally, someone was inspired to take action.

"This older gentleman that sounds kinda like Bernie quiets the car down and shares his three point plan," Santos wrote. "#1 - Let's get all these windows open and get some circulation going. #2 - If you're under the age of 30, please volunteer your seat to anyone older. #3 - Can anyone sing?".

A professional singer, who performs as Yoshi the Talent, answered his question with her rendition of the Jackson 5 hit.

"The next half hour or forty five minutes we have various folks serenading the car," Santos wrote.

He said there were at least five or six songs, including Aretha Franklin and Carole King's hit "Natural Woman" and show tunes from the musical "Rent."

"Most New York thing that's happened to me in years," Santos wrote. "And I'm a lifer."