Washington metro collision
On my way home on the metro, I overheard, along with other passengers that there were some delays on the Red line due to a train stuck on the tracks at Fort Totten station. Most of the regular riders ignored this message as it's become a daily occurrence of a train being stuck somewhere, or the doors not working or something like that causing delays. And that area has been busy with some work being done in the recent past.
As I exited the train the announcement changed a bit. An announcement went out to the train station managers to put up their signs for major delays on the Red line. I haven't heard that one before.
I got home and had my customary evening snack and was watching Wolfowitz's situation room. I think though it was CNN's sister channel, HLN that showed a news clip that there was a metro collision in Washington DC at Fort Totten area. That was so weird I thought. I changed to a local news channel and sure enough. This has to be the biggest accident I have seen since being here. Looks like a head-on/rear-ended (not sure yet) collision between two trains. I immediately thought of a friend who commutes that way from work and am afraid to give her a call. People are still getting out of the train and some are still trapped. D.C. Metro Trains Colliding Killing 1
My hands are shaking and it's so very sad. Maybe I should pay more attention to the emergency exit rules on my next trip.
edit: my friend is okay. Luckily she was tired and she left work early and went shopping for somethings for her trip tomorrow! Her shopping addiction saver her! (her own words!)
As I exited the train the announcement changed a bit. An announcement went out to the train station managers to put up their signs for major delays on the Red line. I haven't heard that one before.
I got home and had my customary evening snack and was watching Wolfowitz's situation room. I think though it was CNN's sister channel, HLN that showed a news clip that there was a metro collision in Washington DC at Fort Totten area. That was so weird I thought. I changed to a local news channel and sure enough. This has to be the biggest accident I have seen since being here. Looks like a head-on/rear-ended (not sure yet) collision between two trains. I immediately thought of a friend who commutes that way from work and am afraid to give her a call. People are still getting out of the train and some are still trapped. D.C. Metro Trains Colliding Killing 1
My hands are shaking and it's so very sad. Maybe I should pay more attention to the emergency exit rules on my next trip.
edit: my friend is okay. Luckily she was tired and she left work early and went shopping for somethings for her trip tomorrow! Her shopping addiction saver her! (her own words!)