You're being negative and unhelpful. I did not "the thumbs down on my talk page before you got around to the article itself", the draft itself is automatically a "Wikipedia Talk" page due to the nature of the WP:Articles for Creation format. But instead you prefer to leap to the conclusion that I did not read your article, despite it being clearly on a "Talk" page for admin reasons, like all AFC articles.

Secondly, I did not say that NYT isn't "notable", so that's a specious allegation. You have overall not provided reliable coverage since you've provided only one single source. You allege that "So a mass panic in two NYC borough's is not notable enough then? Really!"; well, that's true per Wikipedia:Notability_(events)#Duration_of_coverage: Notable events usually receive coverage beyond a relatively short news cycle. As very clearly stated in my comments: if this 1939 event is important, than people since 1939 will at least have occasionally mentioned it. It is incumbent on you as the submitter to find evidence that it has ever been discussed since.

I don't appreciate your allegations that I have failed to WP:AGF. I have followed AFC procedure, treated you politely, given explicitly clear indications of what should be fixed, and I have not deleted/blanked/salted your draft, but have simply Declined it. If you think I'm somehow a minority opinion, by all means visit WP:AFC Help Desk and ask for a different reviewer to take a look.

I don't appreciate your abusive language like "pathetic", and it's quite inappropriate of you to take something as incredibly minor as a temporary decline (and the vast majority of article drafts get several declines and improvements before being published, it's not some binary "amazing"/"terrible" judgment for eternity). And it is quite overblown to feel slighted by a rejection and instantly leap to railing against the gods, accusing other people of being "pathetic" and lambasting the Wikipedia project, which you were evidently quite interested in contributing to prior to receiving even the slightest constructive criticism. If you are unable to accept positive suggestions and feedback, you will most likely not enjoy editing Wikipedia; you must be able to tolerate developing consensus and working in a collaborative environment.