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Senator's close call with train in New Haven

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Old 21st April 2014, 20:05
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Senator's close call with train in New Haven

A US senator has had a close call with a train during a news conference on rail safety.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-27104700

Richard Blumenthal was standing close to the platform edge during a speech by Milford Mayor Ben Blake, when a train hurtled past, disturbing a diagram.
The senator and Milford Mayor Ben Blake should have read their own safety speech before standing so close to the platform edge.


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Idiots and politicians seem to naturally belong in the same sentence.
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Perhaps they thought their position in life, automatically makes them safe in any event?
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