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| Train wreck survivor wrote farewell in own blood |
| 2005-01-29 |
| If this doesn't rip out your heart then I don't know what will. Hat tip: Drudge. Edited for brevity. He thought he was going to die. He was having trouble breathing. As he lay wedged under a train seat and metal debris, he scrawled with whatever energy he could summon and a heartbreaking economy of words a farewell in blood on the seat. "I (heart) my kids. I (heart) Leslie," he printed. The blood ink seemed to be running out as he got to the second sentence. Captain Robert Rosario, the firefighter who discovered that message, later choked up as he related the story for TV cameras. Of all the images, sad or brave, pulled from the mangled wreckage of Wednesday's Metrolink train disaster, few captivated people more than this finger-painted testament of love. And none was more mysterious. Who was the message writer? What happened to him? Who is Leslie? The mystery messenger was admitted to County USC Hospital, which received more than 100 phone calls from the public asking about him. "They mainly wanted to tell him that their prayers are with him," said County-USC spokeswoman Adelaida De La Cerda. He was discharged late Thursday and declined requests to talk with the media, she said. This much is known: Leslie is his wife. And his name is John. And he may not want the rest of the world to know even that much about him -- no matter how much they crave that and more. Full story at link. |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #8 You ain't from around LA, are you? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-01-29 9:59:47 PM |
| #7 His picture looks like a typical long hair SOCAL dipshit hippy. I suspect they couldn't keep his status quiet if he was a mojado. |
| Posted by: SPOD 2005-01-29 3:33:43 PM |
| #6 As if this weren't enough, Alvarez may have inspired a copycat (last paragraph). Man, there is no shortage of idiots. |
| Posted by: Dar 2005-01-29 3:21:06 PM |
| #5 I believe he's been indicted for capital murder. He's been charged with eleven counts, which makes him eligible for capital punishment. And yes, there's been no further mention of his... 'immigration status'. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-01-29 1:42:38 PM |
| #4 Frank - If that's true, the MSM won't. Doesn't fit their agenda. But you knew that. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-01-29 10:48:44 AM |
| #3 first word, since hushed up, was that this asshole was here ILLEGALLY as well. We'll have to wait and see - if the MSM decides it should be made known...... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-01-29 10:37:10 AM |
| #2 I believe he's been indicted for capital murder. (But California doesn't use firing squads for execution.) |
| Posted by: Steven Den Beste 2005-01-29 10:16:59 AM |
| #1 The slimeball that parked his truck on the tracks should be granted his original wish to die, preferably by firing squad. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-29 2:31:41 AM |