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Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures."
-- Daniel Webster
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Thursday, March 04, 2004 :::
From the Trib:An elderly woman who is legally blind was pulled from the path of a fast-moving Amtrak train by a passerby only moments before it destroyed her motorized scooter at a crossing in downtown Downers Grove Tuesday afternoon.... Thomas Rutecki, 55, a Lockport resident and Navy veteran who was waiting for a train to take him to work in the Loop, saw Wiedemann get stuck and was on his way to help when the warning lights went on about 2:30 p.m."I thought I'd walk down there and give her a push to get her off the tracks, but I got down there and saw the three steady lights of an Amtrak coming," said Rutecki, a self-described railroad buff who has worked for 25 years for SBC. "Right then and there I said, `I better hustle.'"
::: posted by dWj at 10:12 AM
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