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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 03:37 PM Original message |
Diabetic Man Kicked Off Train, Now Missing |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. he might already be dead...that is really sad and it makes me mad at Amtrak |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 03:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
75. Report: FOUND |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #75 |
79. great of you to give us the follow up. |
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Red Zelda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. Amtrak is a great service. |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. Will whoever did it be arrested for murder? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 09:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
58. Ah. No. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 01:59 AM Response to Reply #58 |
71. Link that. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:07 AM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Read the freaking thread. |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
80. How can a 65 year old man having a diabetic shock reaction out run the police? |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. When ignorance exercises power the results are stunning. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Oh jeez. I hope he's ok. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's fucked up |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. This just amazes me, like throwing a man off a plane with a parachute... |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. Outrageous. |
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Big Pappa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 01:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
69. Amtrak getting sued |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. That is AWFUL!!! poor guy! |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. Hope the guy turns out OK and then sues their asses off. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. oh damn. As a child my mom helped a diabetic in grocery store. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. WTF???? That is outrageous! |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. That is criminal |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. OK, that's manslaughter |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. You echo my thoughts |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Yes. I do think criminal charges are in order. |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
42. I agree wholeheartedly |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
43. Right |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 01:06 AM Response to Reply #14 |
66. I completely agree. My thoughts exactly. nt |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yeah, it really makes sense to dump *anyone* off |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. He's done for. |
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lilymidnite (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I too get hypoclycemic |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 02:01 AM Response to Reply #23 |
72. Me too. I have to eat several times a day or else I'll start throwing up saliva. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
19. WTF?!!! |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. What the HELL were they thinking????? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. I see murder charges the future. |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
22. I found and used this phone number for the AMTRAK Presidents office |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. Does Amtrak have First Aid training for their employees? |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. when i spoke to the amtrak Presidents secretary I suggested this |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. I suspected from the name Roosevelt that this man was African-American |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Great minds. |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. So that's their answer for people who are drunk? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Yikes. I've had a few passengers who I -wanted- to throw out without a parachute |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
28. What is so outrageous is they said they had done this before. |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
29. AMTRAK |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. Looks like the California Zephyr |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. Wow - bet the lawyers are lining up outside this guy's house. |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. amtrak NUMBER to CALL if you would ,encourage training please, is |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
33. Dear God. There had better be murder charges. Or if they are very lucky, attempted murder. nt |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
34. sheesh, about what i expect from antrak tho |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
35. Has anyone seen my country lately? |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 07:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. Our nation is gone...gone to the ash heap of history, and it's not likely to come back, either |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
37. This is criminal |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
38. Throw sick Poppa off the train? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
39. Good fucking GOD. A Coke could have helped him. A glass of milk, a soda, |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. glucose from soda first, ,milk after he is above 75 to help hold it isn |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:28 AM Response to Reply #44 |
77. Oops--you are right about the milk. A nurse once told me that fat-free milk |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. that tose is great at night for our son's bg, keeps a nice even bg going off to sleep. Thanks. |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. Unfortunately, a lot of people still think that you shouldn't |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. So true, a school oard member said that to a group of parents of T1 kids, we fixed her |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. Here is his picture |
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Reader Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
41. Even if the man had been drunk, that's still murder. |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
45. WHAT?!?!? |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
46. Something's not right here.... |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. DWB: Drunk while black? |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Most of the people working on the trains were black... |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 10:01 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. Maybe so and maybe no, neither of us knows the race of the perps |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
52. This is more than disgusting! My Dad was diabetic and during the |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. This is why parents of type 1's are so vocal about training teachers and school staff. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. After what I witnessed with my Dad, I'd be afraid of that scenario, too. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
53. Glad this didn't happen at 30,000 ft. with the same crew |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
57. This is the kind of story that breaks your heart - more on Mr. Sims |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. That makes more sense... |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
61. I hope they are both sued and brought up on charges. |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
62. I always carry some Skittles or Life Savers |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. after misdiagnosing him as drunk they called the police to meet them |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 01:20 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Wow, this is liable to get pretty complicated |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 02:06 AM Response to Reply #62 |
73. I carry glucose tablets and protein bars for my low blood sugar. |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-28-07 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
63. Here's the link to Amtrak's comments page |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
65. Put some folks in a cheap ass butt ugly polyester uniform and the power |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 01:40 AM Response to Reply #65 |
70. Good question - WHERE WERE THE OTHER PASSENGERS |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
67. MUCH more information at the following link: |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
74. Report: FOUND |
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