I came across a brief piece about the suicide of an Orange County man. At Orange Metrolink station. Nguyen was his name.
The report said he calmly stood facing the oncoming train and seconds later, got run over. No fuss, no self-preservation.
I also came across that piece about victims of Temple shooting in Wisconsin. One of those people, an old lady, used to work 60-hr week and came there to pray all the time. A regular. A faithful.
Random lives. Random deaths. No grand legacy or leaflets to leave behind. No “closure” of any kind.
They did not even die for a cause. Just gone, in 6 seconds. That window, between life and death. Close out!
Dream and doubt swallowed in death.
Both deaths were noisy (oncoming train and oncoming bullets).
Suburban deaths. Incomprehensible. Wonder if there were any relatives and loved ones who cared when Nguyen committed suicide that day. Poor train crew. They were trying to stay on schedule. Now with the investigation, and all.
I also read that the PhD student who shot people at the mid-night showing in the movie theater in Aurora, got glowing recommendation from faculty (mature judgment?).
He must have sent them on the wrong track. He must have kept his hair straight, his face composed (unlike the night before, when he went out and had his hair dye bright red).
Train track, academic track and religious track, all on the wrong track.
All happened within a span of a few weeks here in America, the Beautiful.
At least in the case of Nguyen, he did the job himself. He was not a victim of hate crime or anything. Just “calmly and deliberately stepped in front of an oncoming train”. Must have looked at the schedule, and was familiar with the track.
The wrong track that led to death.
I feel sorry for the lady. The laborer (60 hours a week) which wound up with nothing. By the sweat of your eyebrow shall you receive food on the table. She certainly put in more than enough for her shares. And all the hours of faithful prayers.
I hope she RIP. I hope the gentleman who stepped out in front of an Orange County train also RIP. I hope the shooter get the justice he deserved, since he came highly recommended as “mature”. Now, his lawyer is trying to argue otherwise.
Wrong track!
Thang Nguyen 555 