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#1 KevinKorell

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Posted 07 November 2013 - 10:11 PM

WNYW-TV, Fox-5 in New York, NY, 11/7/13:

The trains are newer but the Merillon Station looks very much as it did on December 7, 1993, when Colin Ferguson killed six people and wounded 19 others before passengers tackled him as he tried to reload his pistol.


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Posted 07 December 2013 - 08:49 AM

History.com:

Dec 7, 1993:
Commute of terror


Colin Ferguson opens fire on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train from New York City, killing 6 and injuring 19. Other train passengers stopped the perpetrator by tackling and holding him down. Ferguson later attributed the shooting spree to his deep-seated hatred of white people.

Colin Ferguson was a mentally unbalanced man from Jamaica who spent years on the West Coast before coming to New York in 1993. On December 7, he boarded a 5:33 p.m. train out of Penn Station carrying an automatic pistol, and as the train pulled into Garden City, Ferguson began running down the aisle and shooting passengers at random.

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Posted 07 December 2013 - 09:09 AM

Today 12/7/13 is the 20th anniversary of the LIRR Massacre. From WABC-TV, ABC-7 in New York, NY, 12/6/13:

Long Island Rail Road massacre, 20 years later


Before Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora and Newtown, there was the Long Island Rail Road.

On Dec. 7, 1993, a gunman opened fire on a train car filled with commuters leaving New York City. By the time passengers tackled Colin Ferguson, his fusillade had left six people dead and 19 wounded.


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Posted 07 December 2017 - 08:55 AM

Bumping topic on the 24th Anniversary of this very tragic event.






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