NEW YORK (AP) — A nursing student who celebrated a makeshift graduation on a New York City subway train after a train breakdown made him miss the actual ceremony got a personalized graduation.

Hunter College president Jennifer Raab and nursing school dean Gail McCain held a ceremony, Thursday, to give Jerich Alcantara his diploma.

Alcantara was on his way to commencement, May 30, when his E train stalled. Passengers waited an hour and a half for a rescue train. Once the rescue train arrived there were more delays.

Friends, family members and strangers threw Alcantara an impromptu ceremony while they waited. Video posted to Facebook shows a friend handing Alcantara a mock diploma.

Hunter officials say Alcantara didn’t trusting the subway for Thursday’s do-over ceremony. He arrived by car.