Track death caused delays

lauren-louise wrote:

Although it has been a while, I wish to tell any of this man's friends and family, my thoughts are still with you. I hope some of these comments help you feel some comfort.

05 Nov 2010 12:53 AM

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friend wrote:

Still Thinking Of You Everyone Misses You XXXXXX

11 Oct 2010 9:11 PM

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JWB wrote:

I love his gentle soul.

05 Jul 2010 1:09 AM

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Anon wrote:

Again, I still have compassion for the train driver. I agree that the family of the man must be inconsolerble and i wouldnt wish this on anyones family. But all people are going on about is the family loosing a loved one, and people complaining about disruptions.

Maybe people could take a minute to think about the train driver. There was nothng he could do to prevent this, not like he could stop a train quickly and easily. The man who took his own life woke up and decided to do this.... the train driver didnt have no choice but to play a part!

How would you feel if u were going about you job and a situation like this occured and there was nothing you could do.....?

My sister has to travel by train alot to make important hospital apointments as she has leukemia....if she misses a session she wouldnt be here now. So how does one man who took his life and people commenting saying that the passengers are selfish justify the fact that this mans one decision could affect the life of others?

Some people need to get into the real world in all honesty & take tme to think about ALL of those affected

02 Jul 2010 2:30 PM

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BBM wrote:

For someone to be so sad and felt no hope what so ever that they would take there own life they obviously were not thinking about all the people being held up on the train. It saddens me so deeply to think that people would think he should of thought about it affecting people on the train when he obviously wasn't in his clear mind or he wouldn't of done this at all! That's what's wrong with this world!! And he was an awesome person and truly such a loving kind soul that I know he would of been sorry to inconvenience anyone!

02 Jul 2010 5:42 AM

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Anon wrote:

This man was my stepbrother I believe. Although I haven't seen the news myself until today I do believe this story is about my stepfather's son. People moaning about delays disgust me.

23 Jun 2010 10:34 PM

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vshy wrote:

Has the poor man been named yet, RIP x

18 Jun 2010 1:06 PM

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anon wrote:

I know the man who tragically decided to take his own life and he was a kind caring man with lots of talent. My condolances and prayers go out to the friends and family xxxxxxxxx much love

17 Jun 2010 8:54 PM

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friend wrote:

This Man Was A Lovely Bloke Who was Such a caring person and lovely person to be around. I Think Its Selfish Of Youselfs to worry about getting a drink, and moaning about appointments that were delayed. please could you let him rest in peace and allow the family to grieve with out all your whinging.

Also to the press stop trying to find out who this person is the only people that need to know is the poor family that is grieving.

THINKING OFF YOU XXX

14 Jun 2010 2:45 PM

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Tom wrote:

Was there a follow up article about this tragedy? I was on the train heading back to Heathrow for a flight home to the U.S. I haven't been able to find any more information.

12 Jun 2010 3:48 PM

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Agent-Provocateur wrote:

I suppose that Tony would have driven the train up the embankment to avoid the man........

12 Jun 2010 9:33 AM

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Capt. Sensible wrote:

It's time to lobby Parliament for the introduction of Walk in Suicide Centres, this would make death a lot easier and make sure people with no problems and no life could go about their useless insignificant '2.4 kids and a Mondeo' existance... Mental illness is not funny and ALL of us suffers with it to a degree... it's when it gets to the 90% level that there seems no way back....

12 Jun 2010 7:58 AM

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Louise wrote:

As all those close to suicide victims, they ask "what could we have done to prevent this?"
It is a question posed since the beginning of time.....still unanswered, even by psychiatrists!

11 Jun 2010 9:12 PM

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Tony wrote:

It seems that some commentators are critical of others because they were 'friends' of the victim. Myself having experienced a simiular event to the train driver here, would like to know what the 'friends' of the victim did to help him or her? I know in my situation I would have done ANYTHING to avoid running someone down - the responsibilitly lies with us all.

11 Jun 2010 8:22 PM

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friend wrote:

i am a friend of the family and id just like to say that mental illness is an awful thing to live with. this man had suffered for some time. and although it is awful for the driver my thoughts are with those of his family who are suffering now! im terribly sorry if it disrupted your day but you lived to see another and whinge about how in conveinent it was that a woman lost her baby on wednesday!!!!.

11 Jun 2010 7:40 PM

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Robert wrote:

Samaritan; These whiners cannot even walk a mile in their own shoes, let alone those of others, less fortunate and often suffering terribly.They will never understand how the taking of one's own life is the ultimate act of despair. Difficult though it may be, we must forgive their ignorance.

11 Jun 2010 6:26 PM

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samaritan wrote:

for those less than compassionate friends try walking a mile in someone elses shoes

having witnessed much suffering in others i wish this person peace

i do have great compassion for those other passengers who had urgent medical appointments and the driver but those who are impatient selfish individuals i sincerely hope you never suffer like this person must have

11 Jun 2010 5:27 PM

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Louise wrote:

Ted sounds a bundle of fun. Anyone got a spare razor blade?
Who said compassoin was a thing of the past?

11 Jun 2010 5:00 PM

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Agent Provocateur wrote:

Hear Hear; let's hear a big cheer for tidy suicides!

11 Jun 2010 3:20 PM

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Anon wrote:

Quite frankly I think alot of these posts are disgusting. Yes, it disrupted your journey, yes your appointments were delayed, but at the end of the day maybe it was heartless people like this that drives desperate people to do something that they know they will not survive from. I am sorry it was an inconvience to you - I just hope one day that is not YOUR child ruining someone's daily timetable. Or maybe they will do it quietly with a bottle of pills and cause no noise what so ever.

11 Jun 2010 3:01 PM

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Anon wrote:

My opinion... if someones selfish enough to take thier life, why do it in a way that other innocent people are affected? Think how the poor train driver felt? Selfish thats what that is... In all honesty my heart goes to the Train Driver

11 Jun 2010 1:51 PM

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Anon wrote:

After reading all the comments I would just like to say I know the famiy of the man and those of you who felt anything other than compassion and sympathy, shame on you.

11 Jun 2010 1:40 PM

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Friend wrote:

Having known the man in question for many years, I can assure you all, that he never would of meant to cause disruption to anyone personally. A very caring soul in himself, foremost came the well-fair of those around him.

I can only guess what he was feeling. I assume that those directly impacted by this- the driver, the passengers and emergency service where not in his thoughts. I pass my best wishes on to the driver and I'm sorry you had to experience this.

Never a man to hurt only a man to help. Good luck on your new journey.

11 Jun 2010 1:38 PM

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Terence wrote:

O.K. Fran, I accept that you are a caring person. My point is that unforseen events don't take people's timetables into account. There is nothing to be done about it.Life is like that. There are even volcanos that erupt at the wrong time. We can't expect to be "assisted" all the time.
Nobody is guilty, not even the man involved in the incident. It could have been a stray animal; it would have changed nothing with regard to the passengers.

11 Jun 2010 10:50 AM

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Fran wrote:

Terence

Of course we all feel sorry for the relatives of the person who died and the poor train driver.



There were some very poorly people in my carriage, and as said in my earlier post, one lady had leukaemia and was due an urgent bone marrow appointment. I didn't want a drink but there were people like this lady who were in very poor health and was in desperate need of water.

Compassion - yes if you knew me, you'd know what a caring person I am which is why I was worried about others on my carriage.

11 Jun 2010 8:39 AM

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P.C. wrote:

Someone wants to take their own life, that's their decision. I feel sorry for the innocent train driver who has this to live with for the rest of his/her life.

11 Jun 2010 2:19 AM

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Anon wrote:

The family must be deeply distressed by this and I think you are totally selfish by making comments about how hard your journey was, would you think the same way if it was a member of your own family. Of course the staff must be distressed also, my thoughts are with everyone involved.

11 Jun 2010 12:55 AM

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Julia wrote:

It is obviously very sad that this man died yesterday. I do think the passengers should have been given more information though. Obviously the staff didn't want to cause unnecessary panic but we weren't kept informed. I was in the last carriage and we only heard that there was something on the track blocking our path, perhaps a tree or an animal. Then we were left for nearly 2 hrs without knowing what was happening and the power was off for some of that time. I didn't discover that there had been a person involved until I reached Gillingham and saw that other trains had been cancelled due to a fatality. I was surprised that we weren't asked to give witness statements.

10 Jun 2010 11:15 PM

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Terence wrote:

Oh dear Fran what an AWFUL day you had. How can we make it up too you. Perhaps the dead man's family have a drink for you. Your compassion dazzles me.

10 Jun 2010 6:26 PM

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Fran wrote:

Further to yesterday's post, I would like to add that at no time did we hear any mention of an animal being hit, and it was pretty obvious that it was a person.

Hope the wonderful staff are being cared for with proper support.

10 Jun 2010 3:31 PM

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gilly wrote:

I was on the train, in the front carriage. I agree with Julia that we would like to have been told the truth. We were told that an animal had been hit and only found out it was a person because of a phone call the person opposite made to his wife - it was already on the local news and had been reported as a person. Apart from this, I thought the rail services handled a difficult situation well. When someone has just died, literally under your feet, it puts an hour or two's delay into perspective. No-one does this sort of thing unless they feel really desperate - you can't blame someone when their mind isn't operating normally.

My heartfelt sympathy goes to the train driver, and my sincere condolences to the man's relatives.

10 Jun 2010 10:08 AM

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sally wrote:

i was on this train at 9:15 from sittingbourne. i felt so sorry for the train driver. we was looked afer very well in the delay

10 Jun 2010 9:58 AM

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Sue wrote:

I'm afraid my sympathy is with the poor train driver & the emergency services who have had to deal with the aftermath of this tragic mans actions. He is at peace now, but the driver will probably relive those moments for many months/years to come.

09 Jun 2010 9:40 PM

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Fran wrote:

I was on this train with my son who was due an important cardio appointment in London. We were surrounded by people who also had urgent hospital appointments. Although there were free drinks, as we were at the rear of the train, by the time the trolley got to us, all drinks had gone. Although the staff on the train were great, perhaps priority for drinks should have gone to those in medical need first, like the lady behind me who had leukaemia and was due a bone marrow appointment at the hospital. The train was unbearably hot and stuffy as we couldn't have any doors open and air conditioning was off. Very sad that someone could be in such a bad mental state, to wreck so many lives, i.e. the train driver. My son had to witness close up the victim in the body bag. Steep learning curve for a teenager.

09 Jun 2010 7:16 PM

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Julia wrote:

I was also on the train that hit the person.

It is a shame that there is so much avoidance of telling the truth in these situations.

Initially we were told that the train had hit 'something'. Later once we had seen a rail incident officer walk down the line, we were told that we had 'hit something and that something had lost it's life'. We all looked at each other and guessed it was a person, but this was only substantiated by seeing the ambulance and police offiers arrive.

I am well aware that the language used needs to be sympathic however I do not believe it is good to not to be told things more clearly as this leads to too many rumours.

I have no idea whether the person jumped or walked out from the bushes. I can only guess from what I saw in that there was a bridge close by which the police cordoned off that they may well have jumped.

I do have the deepest sympathies for this person and their loved ones.

I am not sure that causing many thousands of people severe travel disruption is a fitting way to end a life.

09 Jun 2010 6:24 PM

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lauren-Louise Thrift wrote:

i was on the train that hit the poor man. It was very upsetting as we only heard that someone had been hit and that they had died. apparently he did not jump off a bridge, but stepped out from the shadows in front of the train.

09 Jun 2010 3:44 PM

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anon wrote:

yea im sure that was in the first sentence

09 Jun 2010 2:06 PM

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Anon wrote:

Only other thing i know that isnt mentioned here is that he jumped from a bridge in front of a train

09 Jun 2010 11:55 AM

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