Do you think they were trying to beat the bell? There have been too many of theses type of accidents at unattended automatic crossings. <Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Sue M To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 5:22 AM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] duct tape and rope Martha, You're kidding, the child was missing for 15 months and no one knew? I assume the parents had something to do with her disappearance. So sad that there weren't other people in this child's life to know that she wasn't there. We had a horrible thing happen here this afternoon. There are R/R tracks about 3 blocks from my house and at 4:15 four high school seniors were crossing the tracks in a car. It was hit by a train, two of the kids died immediately, the other two were life flighted to Pittsburgh and aren't supposed to survive. All four of them would have been at their graduation ceremony at 6:00 this evening. Identies haven't been made public yet but as we live in a very small community, we're all holding our breath. This makes me want to tie my kids to the house and never let them out into the world, nylon rope should do nicely but I still plan to duct tape their mouths. Sue* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martha W. Barker" <mbarker@austin.rr.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 10:04 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] duct tape and rope > > Sue > > Just move to the state of Florida here in the USA. You could get away > with anything. They just realized that they lost a 4 year old little girl. > She has been missing 15 months now. Oh by the way. Nylon rope should be > strong enough don't you think ;-) > > Martha > Texas > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > Please delete unwanted taglines and signatures before > sending your message to avoid over-long messages. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.368 / Virus Database: 204 - Release Date: 5/29/2002 ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== Please delete unwanted taglines and signatures before sending your message to avoid over-long messages. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.361 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 08-May-02

As a matter of a fact Mike, that's what the fire chief suggested on the news this evening. This particular crossing, where the accident occurred, has been the site of many fatalities. A good friend of mine was killed on the same spot in '93, but she wasn't playing chicken with the train. Her car stalled and instead of jumping out of it (it was a brand new car) she kept trying to get it started again. She died about two hours after being hit. Sue* ----- Original Message ----- Do you think they were trying to beat the bell? There have been too many of theses type of accidents at unattended automatic crossings. <Mike --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.368 / Virus Database: 204 - Release Date: 5/30/2002