Metro Tragedy

Yesterday I got a ride home. At about 8 PM my housemates mentioned in passing that there was a crash on the Metro (subway). Lu (housemate) got a call from California asking her if she was okay. She didn't know what the call was in reference to. That's how she heard about the crash. We didn't know many details. They said it was on the Red Line in Northeast, coming into the city. That's the line I ride, and the direction I go. My housemate said "well, I heard it was above ground so I stopped paying attention because whereever I ride the Metro, it's underground." But when I ride the Metro home, the first 3 stops are above ground.

I didn't find out any more details until today, on my way to work. When I got to the Metro, there were delays. First I had to wait maybe 10 minutes to get on, then the train stopped before my station. I got off and had to take a bus the rest of the way. I was really worried that I would come to work and find out that someone had gotten hurt on their way home. Turns out, the crash was one stop before mine. Here's the diagram. From North to South on the Red Line, the stations are Takoma, Fort Totten, Brookland. Brookland is where I get on to go home (South). The train was going North to South, so it's actually pretty unlikely that anyone I know from work was in the crash. Still, it was pretty close to home.

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