COMMENT 301957
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2012-07-26 08:12 PM |
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What a shame this person did not realize train tracks were dangerous.
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COMMENT 301972
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2012-07-26 08:25 PM |
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How do you know that they didn't realize that? Maybe they went to the tracks on purpose? We may never know what they were doing....
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ROGER DODGER
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2012-07-26 08:26 PM |
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Thank You for reporting that I was eating dinner missed some of that and could not figure what was going on..
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COMMENT 301974
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2012-07-26 08:30 PM |
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301957-REALLY! This is a sad situation and you find humorous?
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COMMENT 301997P
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2012-07-27 04:29 AM |
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KEYT News reported at the 11 'o clock hour that it appeared to be a suicide. They say the woman parked her car, got out and walked directly towards the train. Then they posted numbers and addresses and names of agencies to contact if you or someone you know might be feeling suicidal.
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SBJULES
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2012-07-27 07:44 AM |
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this morning they are saying it was suicide by train. Very sad. There were lots of sirens.
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DIRTYHARRY
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2012-07-27 07:45 AM |
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You see, the Cold Spring Bridge barrier really works. Very sad indeed.
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COMMENT 302039P
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2012-07-27 07:59 AM |
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So sad... I used to know a train conductor. He had been very traumatized when his train hit a suicide victim and there was nothing he could do to prevent it from happening.
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COMMENT 302047
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2012-07-27 08:07 AM |
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Homeless rule #1, "never walk down the tracks with headphones on"...........
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COMMENT 302099
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2012-07-27 09:31 AM |
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There is help: If you are concerned about someone who may be suicidal please contact one of the local mobile numbers listed here. National Lifeline
800-272-TALK Local Mobile Crisis Team
888-868-1649 Youth Mobile Crisis Response
888-334-2777
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COMMENT 302103
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2012-07-27 09:43 AM |
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Suicides happen. You can hover all you want but you can't prevent someone who is at the end of their rope from taking their own life. We pretend to care but its not for the "victim" but for the survivors, the family and friends affected by the suicide. We continue to cut Mental Health services and programs and whine and complain about paying for services for the down and out. But we don't care about them, 'coz they make us look bad. So we erect barriers with the hope we don't have to be confronted with these down and outers in clean clothes, so we don't have to see them. But when they act out in desperation we make a great show of beating our breast in woe. Academy Award winning stuff here.
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COMMENT 301957
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2012-07-27 10:07 AM |
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The nanny state can and should go only so far. Controlling people's lives and choices has sickened more people than it has helped. The numbers of wasted lives living on the nanny state today shocks the conscience. Providing good public education for all is a worthy goal, which the teachers unions have hijacked into an insupportable mess, but that is where our nanny state obligation ends. Give people sound basics and after that they are on their own. Then providing for orderly infrastructure and security is the remaining public obligation. Beyond that, get back to self-reliance and swift punishment for those who abuse the rights of others.
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COMMENT 302136
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2012-07-27 10:19 AM |
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I feel sorry for the driver of the train. It must be terrible to see someone on the tracks and realize there is nothing you can do to stop the train in time. Suicidal people are not considerate of others when then choose to take their own lives.
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COMMENT 302153
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2012-07-27 10:46 AM |
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Happened right outside our house. SD bound train sat there for almost 3 hours while they cleaned things up before going back to SB.
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COMMENT 302178P
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2012-07-27 11:19 AM |
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I think the point Dirty Harry makes is that: a) the Cold Springs barrier was a waste of money (that could have been spent to improve roads and help save the lives of people who don't want to die), and b) suicide-by-train involves innocent bystanders who are forced to participate (i.e. the people on the train, especially the operator). And in this case, because she approached the train in a populated area, the suicide involved all those people who live and pass through there, too. Whereas suicide-by-bridge almost always puts your body away from crowds of people, which is often a goal of suicides, according to stuff I've read. That's why they like bridges.
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COMMENT 302398
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2012-07-27 08:15 PM |
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Warped? I resemble that remark!
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COMMENT 302420P
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2012-07-27 09:42 PM |
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There are no good answers. In the public school system, we do the best we can to identify the people who are in danger of being suicidal-but even after they're in the system, the services aren't great. Mental health was severely cut in the 1970s when Pres. Reagan released about 45,000 patients and we never again returned to a well-managed system (see the following NY Times Article from 1984 http://nyti.ms/iknUzG). I hate when we hear about a suicidal person that ends up taking other lives along with them. In those cases, saving a life, causes others to lose theirs. Tricky and very unpleasant stuff.
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