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In the discussion thread: Argentine train slams into station, killing 49 [View all]

Response to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #18)

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 05:29 PM

20. Not as big as in Brazil, that's for sure.

Kids run around throwing water balloons at each other and at random strangers. That's about it.

But the guy could have had a late night, no doubt. If that's the case, it's a shame that all these people had to die.

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20 replies	Author	Time	Post
Argentine train slams into station, killing 49 [View all]	mahatmakanejeeves	Feb 2012	OP
What a horrible accident	Marrah_G	Feb 2012	#1
Thoughts with the people in Buenos Aires and Argentina	Broderick	Feb 2012	#2
a horrible tragedy	Blue_Tires	Feb 2012	#3
These Argentine train cars are very old. I rode on the exact same cars 20	Common Sense Party	Feb 2012	#4
16 mph / 49 dead. I didn't think it was that poorly built.	Festivito	Feb 2012	#5
From what I'm seeing on the stream, thy're the same cars. Very old.	Common Sense Party	Feb 2012	#7
600 injured?! How many does the train hold total?	Blue_Tires	Feb 2012	#9
Good question. I don't know, but in the mornings each car is packed.	Common Sense Party	Feb 2012	#11
Virginia Railway Express	mahatmakanejeeves	Feb 2012	#16
I guess I envisioned something smaller like a subway car	Blue_Tires	Feb 2012	#19
The Secretary of transportation is now saying the train was slowing down, it was going 20 km/hour	Common Sense Party	Feb 2012	#12
I'm not sure I'm buying it. A passenger is now saying that the train passed by an earlier station	Common Sense Party	Feb 2012	#13
Wow, that's terrible!!!	Beacool	Feb 2012	#6
It was going the normal speed for between stations. But it didn't slow down.	Common Sense Party	Feb 2012	#8
Oh, OK.	Beacool	Feb 2012	#15
Well, now I'm not so sure.	Common Sense Party	Feb 2012	#17
A woman is on TV now, saying her sister was on the train.	Common Sense Party	Feb 2012	#10
The conductor was young and was tired, according to the Transportation Secretary.	Common Sense Party	Feb 2012	#14
Lotsa tired people today, day after Mardi Gras / Carnivale	JustABozoOnThisBus	Feb 2012	#18
Not as big as in Brazil, that's for sure.	Common Sense Party	Feb 2012	#20

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