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The father and older son were trying to help the younger son who was having a mental heath breakdown and trying to kill himself.

Amtrak's Acela is their fastest train at 150mph, these guys never had a chance.

Pray for their families and pray for the Engineer of the train. U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or dial 988 on your cell phone

1 posted on 04/05/2025 11:01:20 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: No name given ; SaveFerris

Pray for their families and the Train’s Engineer.


2 posted on 04/05/2025 11:02:12 AM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul 🇺🇸 🇷🇺 )
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To: Morgana

Suicide is an evil heartless decision. Look what it did to this family.


3 posted on 04/05/2025 11:07:47 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: Morgana

“Sabrina Gartner, posted about losing her father and two brothers on Facebook, she wrote: ‘Losing the three of you is crazy. Forever loved and will be missed!”

Wow I guess I’m getting old.....my family would never think of mourning through an online post......but as I’ve always heard, people grieve in different ways.


4 posted on 04/05/2025 11:09:10 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Morgana

I don’t want to sound disrespectful, but they must have been morons. RIP ,but geezz.


5 posted on 04/05/2025 11:11:16 AM PDT by spincaster (ifi)
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To: Morgana

“The father and older son were trying to help the younger son who was having a mental heath breakdown and trying to kill himself.”

My God that is so heartbreaking. We personally know mental health issues and the efforts family will go to save the afflicted.

“Pray for their families and pray for the Engineer of the train.” — Yes, indeed.


9 posted on 04/05/2025 11:31:45 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (PDJT doesn’t just walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death. He swaggers.)
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To: Morgana
Yep.

I figured either one or all of them were trying to suicide.

10 posted on 04/05/2025 11:38:06 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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The one son was obviously determined to end it all. Most likely, the father and other son thought they would be able to jump out of the way at the last second, but a 150-mph train is going to come upon you faster than you think.


11 posted on 04/05/2025 11:40:07 AM PDT by Restless
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Seems like they ought have drop-down gates (AKA smashboards) at all crossings where 150 mph trains fly by.

150 mph is not something you can react to quickly enough.

People are used to 50 mph trains, but not 150 mph.

There will be more of these accidents until all the 150 mph crossings have gates.


14 posted on 04/05/2025 12:16:42 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: Morgana

So they were trying to pull him off the tracks and he was resisting?


15 posted on 04/05/2025 12:18:39 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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My late brother in law was a train driver. He told me he had 2 people commit suicide in front of his train. He said he knew another that had 10 people commit suicide in front of him. That guy couldn’t live with it any longer and he too committed suicide.

He said the worst part is he could see the people just sitting next to the track waiting for the train and there’s nothing they can do about it.


17 posted on 04/05/2025 12:22:05 PM PDT by shotgun
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I thought they must have been in a car...

They were walking on the tracks ???


23 posted on 04/05/2025 12:34:11 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Morgana
pray for the Engineer of the train.

Thank you for that. Most people never think of the crew that cannot stop a train while someone is standing between the rails.

31 posted on 04/05/2025 1:02:11 PM PDT by Dan Zachary
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No sympathy for stupidity and that’s exactly what this is. There’s no way in hell all 3 needed to die because one wanted to take his own life.


34 posted on 04/05/2025 2:17:13 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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