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21 July 2008
Taking A Life
"When it became clear he wasn't going to move out of the way, I closed my eyes, covered my face and held my breath.
"By the time we were stationary, four of my eight cars were in the platform and I was on autopilot. I told the passengers there would be a delay in opening the doors due to an 'incident', and was calling the line controller for assistance when I heard a tap on my cab door. A smart man inquired, 'Do you know there's a person under your train?' I looked at the blood on the windscreen momentarily before assuring him that, yes, I was aware.
"He paused for a heartbeat, looked at his watch and said, 'So, how long before we get on the move again?'"
(from "Last Year I Killed a Man," by Vaughan Thomas, in the Guardian, 19 July 2008, via Scott)
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