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JuanDeFuca
Big Wall climber
Stoney Point
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 12, 2008 - 08:18pm PT
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I just drove by what looks like a war zone!
Metrolink and Freight train head on collision.
Air 5 landing and 10 news copters.
Juan
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Sep 12, 2008 - 08:25pm PT
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f*#k,
Just fliped on the tube.
It's bad.
At least one car on it's side. Smoke starting, cops running.
Two dead already.
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JuanDeFuca
Big Wall climber
Stoney Point
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2008 - 08:26pm PT
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I drove by on the 118 to Simi, Topanga offramp was closed.
Juan
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Sep 12, 2008 - 08:28pm PT
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Our engine and rescue just moved into the incident. I just got done fielding questions on the phone from the BBC. Ugly incident.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 12, 2008 - 08:30pm PT
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hey there... thanks for the share, i can't help, but i will go pray... very sad to hear this... very very sad...
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Sep 12, 2008 - 08:33pm PT
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Looks like the back half of the Metrolink locomotive ended being jammed into the first passenger car.
Jesus
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JuanDeFuca
Big Wall climber
Stoney Point
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2008 - 08:36pm PT
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I have seen that same train go by many times. At the point of impact the train is usually going about 30-40mph.
Probally about 300 people on board.
Jeff
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Sep 12, 2008 - 08:41pm PT
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God bless them, sounds nasty.
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Loomis
climber
o(>_
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Sep 12, 2008 - 08:54pm PT
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Eyewitness news reporter refers to Stoney Point as "the rocks" Says locals know it as "the rocks"
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Sep 12, 2008 - 09:01pm PT
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WBraun, thanks for the link. Just got home from work. Wow! Just when I was considering taking a train....nada stick with mi caro.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Sep 12, 2008 - 09:20pm PT
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I would love to hear one of the FD spokespersons tell those idiot reporters,
"We are to busy saving lives to keep score. Come talk to us when it's over"
Or even better,
"get out of the way as#@&%e"
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BeanJack
Mountain climber
Oregon
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Sep 12, 2008 - 11:44pm PT
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how many times has this happend! death after death w/the link!
Don't think -Metro_link
sorry toCit down again.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 13, 2008 - 04:55am PT
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hey there TGT.... sad to say... them folks should back off, you are so right... rescue work is very high-tense stuff...
no one realizes that perhaps their job, reporting, is really secondary... and honor should be given to the chore at hand... and those that must face harder things than even they are perhaps used to... (even if they have done the same kind of rescue job for years)...
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Sep 13, 2008 - 10:48am PT
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Neebee and TGT, check this out.
A radio reporter said he saw an L.A. Times reporter FAKING he was an injured train passenger so he could get closer to the REAL victims.
If the L.A. Times didn't fit the bird cage perfectly (not all newspapers are the same size) I'd cancel them today.
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Fluoride
Trad climber
Hollywood, CA
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Sep 13, 2008 - 11:44am PT
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FYI I spent all yesterday afteroon and evening covering this story. So many instances of heroism during a really tragic events. Will post more later.
LAFD and first responders did an amazing job. Will post more later.
Just have a moment and appreciate your life.
Back later,
B
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Roger Brown
climber
Oceano, California
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Sep 13, 2008 - 11:53am PT
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My nephew Jeff rides that train daily. He was on the train 20 min. behind it. Scary!!
Roger Brown
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Sep 13, 2008 - 12:41pm PT
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Flouride,
I just missed going to this incident by a few minutes. Our captain had a meeting so I took his place. The guy who took my place went to the incident. I was stuck at the station getting bombarded with phone calls from around the globe.
I was telling my wife this morning when i got home how I am glad i missed it. 20 years of being a LAFD FF/PM and this stuff starts to eat away at you. I could tolerate it and manage it better as a young kid on the job but now the years of stress have stared to take their toll. If people think that pulling bodies out of car wrecks and fires doesn't bother firemen they're wrong. The problem with firemen is they usually have too much pride to ask for help or counseling.
I consider myself to have dodged a bullet yesterday but in Los Angeles it is just a matter of time until the next big incident. I just have to deal with each one as they come.
Sorry for the rant.
Kevin
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Sep 13, 2008 - 12:46pm PT
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Hang in there Kevin, we appreciate the work that you do.
John
And rant whenever you need to. It helps remind us what yall go through.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Sep 13, 2008 - 12:56pm PT
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Thanks, I'm not as nuts as I sound, really.
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Sep 13, 2008 - 12:59pm PT
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Rant all you want.
I turned off TV coverage and decided to listen to the news on the radio after about ten minutes because I didn't want to have to see it anymore.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Sep 13, 2008 - 01:06pm PT
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Yeah, Kevin, it never is said how much we appreciate the work of cops/firemen/SAR because we never see it...you guys do the dirty work.
People don't realize what you guys have to deal with 'after the accident' in your minds.
We do really appreciate the work you guys do, even if we don't get the chance to tell you personally. I really do feel the pain and struggle you guys gotta deal with.
Thanks for what you do and God bless all you guys that do what's too ugly for the rest of us.
Thanks.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 13, 2008 - 01:16pm PT
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hey there chaz... you know, i have never heard anything so awful as that "pretending" before, done for a news story in a life and death situation... say now, do you wonder if someone died, because of someone faking injuries, would that "faker" be liable--and then, liable for what? very sad tactics and complete self-centered concern for "a person goal" to get what one wants, in the name of news ... yet, there would be no time to keep records of who such a man was, unless the newspaper's name was remembered...
her there batrock... say, you will have one more folk praying in your corner, now... i hope and pray that your future will set firm into helping you face these piled up years... thank you careing about folks and may your honest share, somehow keep you stronger in these matters... in other words, when you need to get it out, do so... say, have a good cry if you need to, the thunderclouds do it... and the sun shines through, later...
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JuanDeFuca
Big Wall climber
Stoney Point
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 13, 2008 - 11:13pm PT
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I went into work and noticed my seismometer in Northridge recorded the train crash in
Chatsworth. One big pulse.
Some reports claim the engineer was sending text messages minutes before the crash.
Juan
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JuanDeFuca
Big Wall climber
Stoney Point
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 15, 2008 - 03:44am PT
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From an Engineering stand point a Red Light is all that stands between disaster. With GPS and Wirless Networks trains need to be controlled the same way as aircraft.
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