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BoostSX's blog post - tradegy on the train tracks
| Thursday, July 19, 2007, 12:14:13 AM |
So there we were standing on the platform at a railway station. There was a whole bunch of us there as we had decided to meet up there. It was all fairly routine with everyone just standing around and chatting. As we were standing around we noticed an modern electric express train (one that stopped at our station) pull up at the station and then take off again. This was on the tracks on the far side of where we were standing though, so not much attention was paid towards this. What happened next can only be described as something out of the movies. A bloke, which we later figure must have been drugged up, comes running up to where we are standing, and leaps onto the track to go after the train that had taken off. The first thought that crosses my mind is why someone would be so stupid as to leap across one track, to get to the second track to go after the train. Anyway we figure he is going to give up the chase and just come back to the station. I am not quite sure what is going through his head, but he continues to pursue the train into the tunnel which they have just entered. Out of some sort of miracle, the bloke managed to catch up to the train. His next mission is to try and get into the train, which isn't such an easy job when it is moving with all the side doors locked. So he decides to climb up onto the train. Once he is on the train, he must move quickly to try and find a way in. He climbs up to the roof and moves forward a little. It is at this stage where I get a sudden sickening feeling in my stomach knowing that something bad is going to happen. Sure enough all the power goes out, I know deep down inside me that he has struck the power lines and probably has not survived. There is chaos all around the station at this stage. A couple of us start toward the train which has stopped within the tunnel, but within eye sight still. On our way there someone is yelling "call 911". We get to the train and see a couple of other people that have already made it there before us. When we see the man we realize that nothing can be done, the electricity was just too much for his body to handle. It was at this stage I woke up, realizing it was just a dream. |
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