How does something like this happen??

[govols]

Woman Jogging, Listening to iPod Had Legs Severed When Struck By Train.

How does something like that happen. I feel sorry for her but I mean that's a train and you have to see something that big coming at you from the corner of your eye..??

Tragedy

 

[jbergsing]

One would think you would feel the thing coming. As a child, I was raised in a house near some tracks and us kids would go out there to throw dirt clods at the train as it passed. (Only one of many things we shouldn't have been doing...) I distinctly remember feeling it rumble the ground from a good 100-200 yards away. To not notice it coming, not only would you have to have that thing turned up way too loud, but you are off in your own world not paying attention to anything going on around you ... even the ground rumbling! I guess if you're jogging you may not feel it coming. That iPod must have been blaring, though.

 

[govols]

John,

I was thinking the same thing. I wonder if the conductor ever hit the whistle? You wouldn't be able to miss that ever how loud you had the music.

Is there going to be a lawsuit coming suing Ipod (Apple)? Hope not. Hope every other thing goes well for the poor lady.

 

[jbergsing]

Yeah, I do feel sorry for her. I can't imagine how much pain that would have caused or just how life changing losing one's legs would be. I wonder how much of her legs she lost? The article doesn't specify.

Brings back memories of Brian Wilson. No, not the Beach Boy. The not-too-bright gentleman who, well read it yourself. Scroll down to "The Train Assault" and "Recovery" sections. As a military brat, I remember lots of jokes going around about this guy. Oh, he is something...

Yeah, I know Wilson intentionally laid there and this poor woman had no intentions of taking on a train but the end result was the same.

 

[Davidius]

What's this part about??

"My feet are on fire," she told Tony Long, a battalion chief for Pompano Beach Fire-Rescue, who responded to the scene. "Do you think you can put the fire out? They're really hurting."

Did she go into shock and become delirious or something?

 

[VictorBravo]

What's this part about??



Did she go into shock and become delirious or something?

That's what it feels like when your nerves are badly damaged or severed: fire. It is a phantom pain.

 

[jbergsing]

That's what it feels like when your nerves are badly damaged or severed: fire. It is a phantom pain.

This whole subject is making me queezy. I can actually feel some discomfort in my legs just thinking about them being pinched off. AHHHHHH!