This week, the 7th anniversary of 9/11, has been a tough one. Last night, while holding my breath and hoping for the best of those battling the forces of Hurricane Ike, we got side-swiped by the communter train disaster in Los Angeles, where I make my home. At around 4:30 PM, a Metrolink train slammed into a freight train.
At this time, 18 are dead and 135 are injured, some critically. The death toll will likely rise through the day as rescue worker continue to go through the wreckage. The bottom passenger level of the two-tiered communter car that physically collided with the much slower moving freight train is still being excavated.
"They are pulling things apart very carefully because, if there is a miracle, they don't want to undo it," said Lt. John Romero of the Los Angeles Police Department.
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