June 23, 2009
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We Pull Together
Yesterday, I got on the Metro to go home at about 4:30pm. I quickly grew frustrated when the Metro was slow and eventually my train was forced to unload all of its passengers at Dupont Circle. I called the Architect who was still at work to see if he wanted to have dinner in the city. He agreed. I went to Starbucks and got a cup of iced coffee and went to sit in the circle near the fountain.
I’m sitting there reading my book and all the sudden my phone starts going crazy. My mom is calling in at about the same time I get a text message from my friend, SoMar. I answer the phone and my mom asked if I was okay. I said something like “yeah, why wouldn’t I be?” and then she asked where I was. I told her and she told me about the crash which happened on the same line that I live on (but it happened on the opposite side of the city). I had a bunch of text messages from different family members and friends by the time I got home all worried because none of them were sure about where the crash happened.
I want to also make a point to thank all the Xangans that thought about me. I had a few messages when I got home from various people and once I posted a pulse about being okay, there was an outpouring of more people making sure I was okay. I was really, really stunned! You guys are truly amazing. No, I wasn’t affected and luckily so far it doesn’t seem like anyone I knew was affected (one of my co-worker’s friends was on the train but wasn’t hurt) but it was still very scary.. We are truly a community here on Xanga and I can’t begin to tell you how much your thoughts meant to me!
Comments (12)
This is me feeling guilty for not making the connection between the crash and you…
This is me also empathizing with the notion of being on that train the time…
Yes, thank goodness you’re alright. What an unbelievable story!
glad to hear you’re okay. scary stuff.
Glad to hear you’re okay. My first thought on hearing of the accident was of the people I know in DC, but then I realized that the odds were astonomically in favor of each of you being okay, so that calmed my heart a bit.
I’m really glad you’re okay. I was telling a friend of mine – I hope this doesn’t lead some wackos to think that public transportation isn’t safe or anything like that.
I can just imagine the sick agony ur parents had to have gone through Meg. I am really happy that you are safe and unharmed.
My cousin is in DC and uses the Metro, I was waiting all night for her to log onto Facebook so I knew she was ok.
I was thinking of the DC xangans too I’m glad you’re ok!!
When it heard about the crash in DC, I immediately thought of you. Thank the heavens above that you are all right
I totally thought about you too when I heard of the accident!
I was so happy to find out you were okay. Glad you did this post. Interesting how your evening unfolded that day.
@youandwhosearmy - I’ve had nightmares for the past couple nights about being in a train crash. It scares me that the NTSB is now chalking the crash up to safety issues. I ride the metro every single day to and from work!
@Roadlesstaken - @LetheOfHeaven - @strawberries_and_honey - @firewillconsume - Thank you for your thoughts, guys!
@BoureeMusique - There’s already reports of people not wanting to sit in the first and last cars of the trains. Yes, this accident was scary but it’s been 5 years since a Metro train crashed before this one. There’s risk in anything. One could be killed merely walking down the street. You just don’t know.
@christao408 - Yes, thankfully the risk of being in a train wreck is pretty low in general.
@ZSA_MD - Yeah, I felt bad that my mom was so scared. The communication around here about the accident wasn’t all that good. Metro didn’t report to any of its customers that there was an accident until 1.5 hours after the media broke the story. On top of that, all of the warnings in the station made the issue seem a lot less serious. When I got on the train two hours later, all the Metro warnings were just saying that there was a “police situation outside Ft. Totten!”
@iStephanieMarie - Yeah, I think we (the DC Xangans) are all okay luckily!
@BigToePeople - It’s very strange how you can end up being at the right place at the right time. I’m happy that I wasn’t in the system when it happened!
When I first saw the story online I thought about you… then I saw your comment the other day that you were fine. Glad to know you weren’t in the mess.