Looong commute

[klwilliams]

Some poor fellow drove his motorized wheelchair under the train crossing guard arm in San Mateo, and my train ride home when from 45 minutes to two and a half hours. While I have sympathy for the poor man who was killed (and wonder why he did that...did he think he could beat the train because his chair was motorized, or was it suicide?), I wish people wouldn't do it during commute time. Yes, I'm heartless. Also slightly drunk, since my beloved had wine waiting for me, and a lovely pot roast with roasted vegetables (it was actually cool and over cast today, so it was a perfect meal). And now for some Buffy. Or Angel.

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[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

O no!

Yesterday I watched the Homicide 4th episode from season 6, "Subway," which follows the Baltimore homicide group from being called to the terrible end. It's a terrible, i.e., brilliant episode: the fellow pushed into oncoming train is caught just above his waist, and spine destroyed but his upper part is above the tracks leaning on the platform, conscious and speaking. Everyone knows he's dead though, and if not during the time it tkes to push the subway car away from his body, then immediately it happens. They search from his girlfriend.

The victim is one of those shouting, screaming alpha males who push everyone out of the way. He's horrible to the EMP and to our by now very well known friend, homicide detective, Frank Pembleton, who isn't that patient himself. Frank is with him until the end, during which the victim realizes it is the end. And nobody finds the girlfriend, who is out on her usual 2 1/2 hour jog.

A mentally ill person pushed the victim, deliberately. They find him immediately, but that he's guilty and ill only emerges slowly. He'd done it before, in Chicago.

All around swirl the EMPs, the fire dept., the transit system officials and technicians -- the system is shut down -- it's rush hour -- the media, the other commuters who may or may not have witnessed the event.

It's almost unbearable to watch. Brilliant.

But it makes you nauseous as well as pondering the accidental thing that is life and death.

Love, C.

[ermine-rat.livejournal.com]

I remember when Stacey took CalTrain home from SF and there was a constant stream of 'accidents' of that type. I think that train gets more suicides than the Golden Gate Bridge.

[galeni.livejournal.com]

Wine is good. Sympathies.