Probably an encampment down the tracks aways. Think hobo jungle…
Unlikely that it was suicide, but for you, as usual, there is zero compassion for those killed by trains, regardless of circumstances.
Have a nice day!
When you have to deal with a dead trespasser a week for over 20 years of your career, compassion left the scene decades ago. All the deaths were unnecessary except for the death wish of the dead by putting themselves in the situation of becoming dead.
Every day of my retirement has been a ‘nice day’ as I have not had to deal with all the fallout elements that eminate from that death.
Alas, it is hard to feel sorry for someone who commits such an act intentionally, after the fact.
OTOH, we should feel sorry for the fact that they felt such an act was necessary. Far better they seek help (and get it) before they reach that point.
And there’s people they leave behind.
What are the actual facts of this woman’s death? How did this thread swerve into suicide as the cause?
There is an article behind a paywall …
what you can see says …
“The woman, Chansi Rose Long, had spent the nights leading up to Thanksgiving staying in various camps around Lawrence to write a story about her “lived experience” within the homeless community, said Trina Tinsley, a fellow advocate for the homeless with the Jax Project, a Lawrence-based outreach program”
The above is from the first post here. Was this quote in red actually published as a news piece? If so, what is the source of this news? I believe this thread needs a bit more clarity on the facts leading up to this pedestrian death.
The news source is - The Lawrence Journal World dated the day of the accident.
This happens at least once a month up in my old stompin’ grounds:
Sometimes more than once a month. I think this is the third one in November.
(I won’t count the poor soul who stacked his belongings neatly at State Line Lookout on the Palisades and then jumped.)