The railway platform was protected from the early afternoon sun by a freeway overpass. A couple of middle-aged men on neighboring benches were in conversation. Inside a nearby security booth, a guard reclined in her chair with her phone.
The elevator doors at the back of the otherwise vacant Metro station opened and Benny Feilhaber strode out in the most inconspicuous of outfits — sunglasses, a white T-shirt, a black backpack, grey shorts and sandals. He easily could have passed for a student from Cal State L.A., which sat at the top of the hill.
The Los Angeles Football Club player slipped into a Metrolink car unnoticed, blending in with the other commuters on the San Bernardino-bound train.