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Rails has a point here, I think...
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Posted by Tuscy
on January 10, 2022, 8:53:57, in reply to "
Heroic. And LOL at this reply.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/JacobRajlich/status/1480367198912847883
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There's five of them there, surely that's enough people to have pushed the plane off the tracks instead of struggling to get the guy out. — Edwin De Paz (@EdwinDePizza) January 10, 2022 .
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Police pull pilot from wreckage of single engine plane seconds before it’s hit by a train
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VIV
January 10, 2022, 7:34:47
Really happy they were able to rescue the pilot but still upset about the train hitting the plane...
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RSMBob
January 11, 2022, 11:35:37
PoPo pull pilot from plunging plane prior to predicament with promptly proceeding Pullman.*
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SurfTheBoneyard
January 10, 2022, 17:25:21
Props for pining up promptly about the piper*
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Chilango
January 11, 2022, 11:52:36
Props to you*
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IlliniRunner
January 10, 2022, 17:43:48
Props to you*
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IlliniRunner
January 10, 2022, 17:43:47
nit: said plane done plunged*
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ATL
January 10, 2022, 17:28:30
Previously plunged.*
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SurfTheBoneyard
January 10, 2022, 17:40:58
Acknowledged. *
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Tuscy
January 10, 2022, 17:28:16
It's like a scene from a cartoon or a bad Indiana Jones movie.
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Illiniphil
January 10, 2022, 16:55:18
That’s some great work there *
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MC
January 10, 2022, 15:53:06
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles all involved here*
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RSMBob
January 10, 2022, 8:47:38
Heroic. And LOL at this reply.
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ATL
January 10, 2022, 8:24:26
I'm amazed at the number of people agreeing with him.
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Illiniphil
January 10, 2022, 16:52:33
Rails has a point here, I think...
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Tuscy
January 10, 2022, 8:53:57
Yes, but do we know that they didn't? Trains don't stop on a dime. A train could take
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ATL
January 10, 2022, 8:59:43
that looks like a small commuter train, not a massively long freighter*
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biclops
January 10, 2022, 9:35:03
That's fine. It still won't stop on a dime and stilll has a massive amount of momentum when going
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ATL
January 10, 2022, 15:41:08
I'll go with the opinion of the railroad expert, though.*
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Tuscy
January 10, 2022, 16:30:42
Sure. It's a good PSA. But there's no way to know whether they did call the line from the video.*
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ATL
January 10, 2022, 16:32:25
Sure. No disagreement there, but if the railroad guy seems to think that...
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Tuscy
January 10, 2022, 17:05:11
So we are questioning the police officers that pulled the guy from the plane?*
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Tooldresser
January 10, 2022, 17:33:43
Two points were made - 1) we don't know if the officers did or did not make the call.
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Tuscy
January 10, 2022, 17:58:28
It was a short train and thus can be stopped much sooner*
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timmer
January 10, 2022, 9:29:58
People are idiots. *
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doubledown
January 10, 2022, 8:26:26
holy shit*
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ilinni11
January 10, 2022, 8:16:42
Someone needs to post the chairlift water main break video
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Stu
January 10, 2022, 8:15:49
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