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Article: EDITORIAL SHATTERED PEACE THE METROLINK TRAIN TRAGEDY LEAVES US FEELING VULNERABLE AGAIN.(Editorial)(Editorial)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- January 27, 2005
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THE Metrolink train tragedy in Glendale, caused by an aborted suicide attempt, reminds us once again how, in a moment, on any given day, our peace and sense of safety can be shattered.
In the post-9-11 world, Americans should hardly need reminding, but our yearning for normalcy is so great.
Then a man described as deranged and suicidal drives his Jeep Grand Cherokee onto the railroad tracks with the intention of killing himself. But the truck gets stuck, and he changes his mind and walks away.
In that moment, suicide became homicide, leaving 10 people dead, some 200 injured, many of them critically.
Police said Juan Manuel Alvarez, 25, ...