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around after managing to stand up and saw that some people
really got banged up badly. I'm not going to elaborate on the
injuries out of respect for their privacy, but there was quite a
lot of blood and people panicking thinking they were going
to die.
What made matters worse was when the entire train car
started to fill with smoke/gas. This was THE scariest moment
of my life. Why? It's one thing to die suddenly in a train
crash, it's another thing to think that your cabin is being filled
with something that is going to explode, and you're just waiting
for death.
Why couldn't we have just gone out the emergency windows
or exits?
All the emergency windows on the right side were blocked
by the ground, and there was no way to go through the exits
on the left side — which was now our roof — because the
chairs were crazy unstable with metal sticking out of them.
Plus, none of us could actually reach that high or climb ourselves
up.
Soon we heard from one of the people in charge that the
ambulance and firefighters are on their way.
But that wait felt like forever. What happened during
those moments is very interesting. First, everyone who wasn't
injured started to help out the people in need. either by telling
them everything is going to be okay, or getting them to
a safer area. Second, there seemed to be a small community
that formed. We got to know each other, not personally, but
there was this connection that formed, and we knew that
whatever happened, we were not going to let anything happen
to anyone on that train.
once the firefighters came, they broke in through the top
corner of the train and came in. I've never actually seen firefighters
up close, so it was kinda cool. These guys looked like
'Gears of War' characters, huge with crazy equipment and
awesome professionalism. They came in and got right to business.
They went to the injured people, they made sure they
were safe, and got the people who were able to help them out.
one of the hardest things to do was leave the train from
the other side. Since there were quite a few injured people
who could not have been taken out right away, we had to un-
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