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Re: Conway Scenic RR Accident
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2019, 04:35:54 PM »
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Difficult to speculate but seems reasonable to conclude after reading the article, it was an attempt at "suicide by train", perhaps?
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Re: Conway Scenic RR Accident
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2019, 04:50:07 PM »
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I understand the seriousness of mental health issues, and the fact that when someone is at that point they aren't thinking about consequences...

...but my heart goes out to the train crew who has to live with the aftermath of someone else's decision...

Thankfully I haven't had an incident yet (too many close calls), but it's only a matter of time and it happens far too often. I've seen in my own brothers and sisters the lasting effects and ptsd that results from incidents like this...

Hopefully I'm not being insensitive but it's hard not to get mad. Just stay off the ******** tracks....

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Re: Conway Scenic RR Accident
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2019, 05:09:04 PM »
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...my heart goes out to the train crew who has to live with the aftermath of someone else's decision...

...Just stay off the ******** tracks....

Agreed!

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Re: Conway Scenic RR Accident
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2019, 08:44:06 PM »
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Unfortunately suicidal people are committing a selfish act and they do not consider (or care about) how their act will affect others.  At least that is how I understand it.
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Re: Conway Scenic RR Accident
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2019, 09:05:44 PM »
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Unfortunately suicidal people are committing a selfish act and they do not consider (or care about) how their act will affect others.  At least that is how I understand it.

You do not understand it.  Most suicidal people believe they are a burden to others and that their death would be selfless.  Telling people that are feeling suicidal that they are being “selfish” or that they do not care makes it worse.  You clearly don’t understand so please don’t opine as to how suicidal people feel or act.  Just don’t.

Unfortunately I think a lot of common folks don’t even realize that trains are still manned by human crews.