How Does A Dead Man Make 35 Phone Calls To Loved Ones?

We have the answer and it is very hard to admit. Rescue workers say that Chuck Peck died instantly in the first car of the Metro Link Train last Friday afternoon in Chatsworth; they finally found his remains at @4:30 AM Saturday morning. The collision killed 25 and injured 130. So why did Chuck's family frantically try to update rescue workers that Chuck was still alive in the wreckage throughout the night ? That may be because they received about 35 phone calls from Chuck's phone (that was never found) to several different family members. The last call came at 3:28 AM; just one hour before his remains were found and 11 hours after his call that he was about to arrive at his stop.

The story may not be fit to print in the LA Times -but you can read it here - Chuck Peck was alive and slowly dieing for a long time in that crushed train car; although he was unable to speak he apparently could speed dial. Rescue workers did the honorable thing (there is no doubt) when they told the family that he died instantly. The reality is that there was no way to get to Chuck or to save his life and we honor the workers that did everything in their power to make it otherwise. Those are the cold hard facts. Just for posterity, let us all be sick to our stomachs one more time that the lives of every person on the Metro Link Train could have been saved with virtually any type of redundant safety protection.

So, lets get ready to pay the estimated 1 billion dollars to victims, families, and attorneys; can you imagine the state of the art system upgrades that the such money would have bought had it been used pro-actively.

But first, more importantly, let us say in unison: Chuck we are sorry that we always wait for total disaster to strike before we deal with simple common sense problems. We are so sorry that you were just one stop away from getting picked up by your fiancee; we know that you said goodbye when your final call went to her just one hour before they could get to you through the wreckage. We are so sorry.

The story that was 'fit to print' can be read at the Daily Breeze:
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_10483232?source=rss