[il-talk] O/T Washington Train Crash

[AZNOR99 at aol.com]

Friends,
 
Though this is off-topic, I believe this is an appropriate forum because it 
 will reach so many of you so quickly.  I have received emails, text  
messages, and phone calls from many of you checking on me in light of the  
Washington, DC train crash.  I wanted to assure everyone that I am  OK.
 
So far, nine people have been confirmed dead and another 79 have been  
injured.  I did have friends and coworkers on the train, but so far their  
injuries are minor.
 
The accident occurred on the Metro Red Line, which is my usual line.   I 
had plans with friends, so I definitely would have been on the Red Line  near 
the accident location at the time of the crash.  However, at the last  
minute, as I walked into the subway station, I ealized that I wasn't up to  
socializing and desperately needed a ladies room, and the commute via train  
would have taken too long.  I also had this overwhelming urge for  Twizzlers.  
So I left the subway station and hailed a taxi to take me to  Union Station 
instead of the Red Line to Silver Spring as planned.  And so  I avoided 
having anything to do with the accident.  I think it was God's  intervention that 
made my bladder so urgent and my craving for Twizzlers so  overwhelming.
 
My boss was on the second train, as were two friends from college.   
Luckily their injuries are minor, cuts, scrapes, and broken bones.
 
Thank you, my Federation family, for your thoughts, prayers, and good  
wishes.  It means more than I can say that so many of you care so  much.
 
Yours,
Ronza
 
 
 
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