Witnesses described a chaotic scene resembling a "war zone" as passengers scrambled to get to safety.
Couldn't people just describe it as a train wreck? Why do people always have to call things what they are not?
BartSimpson
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:34 am
People understand things relative to things they already understand. So for those who have never experienced a train wreck they seek some frame of reference with which to better comprehend and accept what's happened to them.
BeaverFever
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:45 am
They don't understand war zones any better...
andyt
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:48 am
Exactly, but saying the train wreck was like a train wreck is a bit silly. Saying it was utter devastation outside my realm of experience would have been more accurate. Get the analogy police on those folks right away.
2Cdo
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:14 pm
Just found out a friend of mine and his wife were on board. He has some minor cuts and bruises but his wife has a huge laundry list of injuries, the worst being a fractured vertabrae and a punctured lung.
DrCaleb
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:20 pm
Nasty! Hope she's OK 2Cdo.
martin14
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:28 pm
2Cdo 2Cdo:
Just found out a friend of mine and his wife were on board. He has some minor cuts and bruises but his wife has a huge laundry list of injuries, the worst being a fractured vertabrae and a punctured lung.
I hope she'll be ok..
2Cdo
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:30 pm
Waiting for an update. Their daughter is beside herself as she paid for the train and hotel package for them as a valentines Day gift.
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