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When Life Goes Off the Rails

It’s a sobering scene. One body lays on a stretcher, injuries unclear. A black sheet covers the other. Bystanders watch on, tense and anxious.

That’s the setting for our October calendar image. At first glance, one might think it’s the aftermath of an automobile accident. Yet the description on the back of the photo paints a more chaotic event:

“Crowds watch as one of at least 200 persons injured in the “L” crash at 47th St. is carried to an ambulance. All available ambulances, patrol wagons and fire equipment were rushed to the scene.”

Read more about this story and other other harrowing train crashes on the PONetwork Blog:
https://ponetwork.com/when-life-goes-off-the-rails-chicagos-harrowing-train-crashes/