A BAD decision!

You're right, she lives in my town and it was a tragic mistake. We're glad that she's dealing with it so well.

Ring... Ring...

"Hello? Charles Darwin here...
What?
Another one?
You don't say...
Very well, I will add her to name to the list of nominations.
Mind you, there is no quarantee she'll win, the competition has been quite steep.
Thank you for your submission..."
*click*

Ring... Ring...

"Hello? Charles Darwin here...
What?
Another one?
You don't say...
Very well, I will add her to name to the list of nominations.
Mind you, there is no quarantee she'll win, the competition has been quite steep.
Thank you for your submission..."
*click*



what a callous and cruel thing to say.

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what a callous and cruel thing to say.

The truth hurts, doesn't it?

Yes it was a bad decision but we've all done something stupid like this at least once in our lives, usually when we're teenagers.

Back in '86 or so my roommate saved a teen's life who had just done the same thing to only one of her legs. Came into the apt that night w/ blood all over after going out for a stroll with his girlfriend along the Cincinnati Riverfront. I think that line has been long since removed.

I remember when the violinist Rachel Barton (known her for years) made the mistake of trying to squeeze out between the closing doors of a Chicago Metra car with her violin over her shoulder. She made it out, the case stayed inside with the shoulder strap hanging her outside the now-starting train. She slipped out, but lost most of one leg and the lower portion of the other. I was playing a gig with her sister that night. Freaked us all out. Even considering the $1+ million value of the Strad that was loaned to her that she was instinctively trying to keep safe by her side, it was poor luck/decision.

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Originally posted by Times Square:

I remember when the violinist Rachel Barton (known her for years) made the mistake of trying to squeeze out between the closing doors of a Chicago Metra car with her violin over her shoulder. She made it out, the case stayed inside with the shoulder strap hanging her outside the now-starting train. She slipped out, but lost most of one leg and the lower portion of the other. I was playing a gig with her sister that night. Freaked us all out. Even considering the $1+ million value of the Strad that was loaned to her that she was instinctively trying to keep safe by her side, it was poor luck/decision.

This incident goes to prove that when something is made as foolproof as possible, nature comes up with a more capable fool.

I was working in Chicago in commuter operations on a different line when this happened. I know that the railroad involved had gone to great lengths to make leaving stations as safe as could be, and then this lady comes up with a way to get injured in spite of it. I know Strads are almost priceless, but wasn't Rachel Barton more so?

I forget exactly how much the carrier had to pay for this incident, but it wasn't cheap.

Sorry, folks. Forty odd (no hyphen) years of seeing this type of thing happen on railroads have made me not quite as sympathetic as I maybe ought to be.

EdKing

Actually, I'm with you Ed, she goofed-totally wrong decision SHE made there; and now all our fares are more expensive for it. It's more difficult to be cooly rational when it's an acquaintance of yours.
String players are kinda like that about a host of things...(dated one ONCE-married a flutist!)

Jack,
I live with truth every waking hour. But to make light of such a tragic mistake is just plain mean.
Every time an accident like this is posted here, invariably someone makes such an uncommpassionate comment, as if the dead were not a human at all, just a news story.

my opinion.