Red Line Metro Crash- Too Close for Comfort

June 22, 2009
Strange day today. My Blackberry is officially dead. Useless. INOP. It lived to just hours after the crash of the two Metro trains on the Red Line. Earlier this morning I discovered the Fire Panel going off at the other building. I called non-emergency to see if they knew what the alarm indicated. Instead they sent over the fire department. I tried to help the Fire Department find the electrical room on the main floor, but that wasn’t my jurisdiction, therefore, I knew nothing. We ended up figuring out where the trouble was, and I ended up being told that next time it goes off to ignore it. Some job I have…
I spent some time online at Panera Bread before hopping on a bus or two to Shady Grove to ride the Red Line to Silver Spring, back to Shady Grove, and then back to Silver Spring. I slept the whole way. I arrived at Silver Spring at 1:45 according to my tweets(ATMT). I caught a bus to take me through Langley Park and then rode back to Silver Spring, arriving at Silver Spring once again, at 3:41 (ATMT). I then decided to take a bus to Twinbrook Station, and then Metro to Shady Grove instead of direct Metro from Silver Spring to Shady Grove, get my drift? When I arrived at Twinbrook at 4:40, I received a tweet from Breaking News that two Metro trains had collided on the Red Line. I immediately tweeted that I wasn’t on the Red Line, although I was just about to board it at Twinbrook. I figured that was going to be slow going, so I hopped aboard a Ride On Bus to Rockville and then one to Shady Grove.
I stopped at the Fox Den and unearthed my old cell phones and then headed to Taco Bell for a Cheesy Double Beef Burrito before going to work
This is how I tweeted my travels today.
FoxWhisperer Plugged in at Panera, trying out an orange scone. Wasn't quite what I was expecting... Can't stay long, got errands to run. =)8:29 AM Jun 22nd from web
FoxWhisperer Okay, crew, I'm leaving Panera. Tweet with you later!9:25 AM Jun 22nd from web
FoxWhisperer Yay! I slept well, only to find myself in Silver Spring. Where should I go from here? Eventually I need to get back to Gaithersburg.1:48 PM Jun 22nd from mobile web
FoxWhisperer Just crossed Sligo Rd. I once caught a snake and named it Sligo. =)3:18 PM Jun 22nd from mobile web
FoxWhisperer Back at Silver Spring Station. Had a nice tour of Silver Spring and Langley Park. Now on to Twinbrook Station via bus, then the Fox Den!3:41 PM Jun 22nd from mobile web
FoxWhisperer Yuck! This bus driver is trying very hard to induce motion-sickness in its riders!3:57 PM Jun 22nd from mobile web
FoxWhisperer This bus feels like it's riding on rims.4:01 PM Jun 22nd from mobile web
FoxWhisperer Guys I'm not on that train! But I am waiting for the Red line- not any more though.4:40 PM Jun 22nd from mobile web
FoxWhisperer RT @abc7 Breaking News: Two Metro trains have collided on the Red Line in Washington DC. Number of injuries unknown at this time.4:44 PM Jun 22nd from mobile web
FoxWhisperer Opted to take Bus 46 from Twinbrook Station where I had originally intended to catch the Red Line to Shady Rockville and then Shady Grove.4:58 PM Jun 22nd from mobile web
FoxWhisperer Condolences to those injured, trapped, or those who perished. :-(4:58 PM Jun 22nd from mobile web
FoxWhisperer Feeling a little bit solemn and shook up.5:06 PM Jun 22nd from mobile web
FoxWhisperer There's a lot of conflicting reports about casualties and fatalities. Not much is sure from what i am reading.5:11 PM Jun 22nd from mobile web
FoxWhisperer See my tweet about Silver Spring about 2 hours ago. I didn't want to walk through the construction area to the train, so I decided to take5:34 PM Jun 22nd from mobile web
FoxWhisperer the 3:50 bus to a more convenient Metro stop. I COULD have been on that train, or the very next one!!!5:35 PM Jun 22nd from mobile web
FoxWhisperer Fortunately I missed it altogether.5:37 PM Jun 22nd from mobile web
FoxWhisperer At the Fox Den now.5:54 PM Jun 22nd from mobile web
FoxWhisperer That's terrible! one of our train operators was among the two confirmed dead. :-(6:09 PM Jun 22nd from mobile web
FoxWhisperer I'm hungry, I want my Cheesy Double Beef Burrito!6:46 PM Jun 22nd from mobile web
FoxWhisperer I hope all the DC peeps of my twitter crew are all okay. I'm sad to hear that the operator was one who perished.6:47 PM Jun 22nd from mobile web
FoxWhisperer I can't stop from wondering what could have happened.6:48 PM Jun 22nd from mobile web