Posted on 05/14/2015 3:45:55 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A portrait of the engineer at the helm of a speeding Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia began to emerge on Thursday as the man's lawyer said his client could not remember the crash and rescuers pulled an eighth body from the wreckage.
With the engineer facing intense scrutiny over his role in the accident, Philadelphia police said they launched a criminal investigation into Tuesday's crash of the New York-bound train.
Bostian was described as quiet and unassuming by people who crossed his path in Forest Hills, a middle-class section of Queens where he resides.
Three workers at the nearby Gloria Pizza shop said Bostian was a regular customer.
"He comes in once or twice a week and orders a slice," said a man named Tony, who did not want to give his last name. "He's a nice guy, polite."
But Yochana Mashat, 58, who lives on the same floor as Bostian described his neighbor as standoffish.
He said he regularly rode the elevator with Bostian but never spoke to him. "He's like a statue," Mashat said.
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Sickly looking fellow.
That's his story and he's sticking with it.
Don’t know what he did, but I do know what he didn’t do...... slow the train for the coming 50mph curve.
Hillary, is that you driving for Amtrak now?”
He’s pulling a Hillary Clinton and Lois Lerner “I do not recall” “I have misremembered” now I do understand that he has a concussion but how convenient that he doesnt remember the crash but remembers that he was attempted to stop the train by braking, so that he remembers
Fruity rootie kazootie. He’s saying “How do you like your melon balls?”
But Yochana Mashat, 58, who lives on the same floor as Bostian described his neighbor as standoffish.
Maybe Yochana,(male female tranny?),gave him the creeps??
Just sayen
I see that everyone else thinks of the same thing. It’s the old Hillary excuse. “I don’t remember.”
SSDD about facts etc.....That said it was reported some where the guys got a load of staples in his head so it wasn’t a scratch, so lets be real here as we all know what a SERIOUS bump on the noggin can do to the memory.
Its too bad Clinton and Learner didn’t receive a wicked head injury
Looks more and more to me that he did it on purpose. Crash happens right before the transportation bill vote with the positive train control amendment, and he blogged repeatedly on train safety, Gee, what a coincidence.
Neither did the Captain of the Costa Concordia.
He got 20 years.
Kind of reminds me of the looney tune who should have been grounded by that German airline, but he was allowed to fly the plane into the mountain.
Yup “Tomato”
Once upon a time there was a engineer
Who drove a locomotive both far and near
Accompanied by a monkey who would sit on a stool
Watching everything the engineer would do.
One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat
Left the monkey sitting on the driver’s seat
Monkey popped the throttle, locomotive jumped the gun
And did 90 miles an hour down the main line run.
Didnt Hillary Clinton supposedly fall and get a bump on her head
It would be interesting to learn how many times prior to this he made the same run as the engineer on this route.
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