Franklin Ave station accident this morning

Whatchuwant wrote: [quote=joseph11]Instead of guessing who it is why not offer a pray for the guy. Stop trying to link youself to a tragedy. "I thik I know him" "Could it Be???"

I DO feel bad for the guy. And if I want to "link myself to a tragedy" (whatever that means :roll: ) I'll do it. Mind your own damn business.

I'm just trying to figure out who it was. Wouldn't it be strange to you if you saw someone who just a little while later died?!?! Have YOU no emotion about something so horrible? It sucks, I'm curious, and I wanted to know. My two measly posts about it on this board does not mean I'm walking throughout my day wondering. I have way bigger fish to fry. I'm just sharing.


I may have felt like Joseph once upon a time in my life - like what is your motive for wanting to connect yourself to a tragedy? However, among other events, 2 years ago a new art gallery opened near me: www.redtinshack.com on Columbia Street. I heard about it, wandered in and met a lovely, young woman, Emily, who was the co-founder. We talked way too long - chatting about the neighborhood - she was from out of town and I gave her some tips about places to go and people to seek out. We bonded and I swore I'd be back soon and often.

Anyway, life intruded, I've never never made it back to the gallery for whatever reason (and I had sometimes wondered if it was still open - it is) and it wasn't until 2 weeks ago that I stopped into a nearby store and was chatting with the owner and she told me, in passing conversation, that the young woman had been hit by a car and killed (on little-trafficked side street, Tiffany Place, no less) about 6 months after I met her. The event happened 2 years ago, I only spoke to Emily once and yet I have been disturbed and moved since finding out this horrible news. She looked to be about 23 years old and was so vibrant and full of energy and enthusiasm about helping undiscovered artists and finding her way in her new "home city," Brooklyn.

I now understand, fully, WUW and why she wants to know.

do we know he was homeless?

...I'm all for better services to the homeless, but lots of people kill themselves.

AM NY reports the first incident involved a homeless man (according to a post above from whynot_31). The second it sounds like, we do not know yet.

Not saying that others don't also commit suicide, but I am arguing that there is a very high incidence of various kinds of crises (substance abuse, mental illness, depression, health problems) among the male homeless population of NYC. I am also arguing that the current trend in City policy seems to be to cut back on services to these men, and instead of treating them, to instead concentrate them in "out of the way" (read into that what you will) communities where the wealthy residents of Manhattan do not have to see them as much.

I agree with your points whynot. The other points I was trying to make were that, not only do services to the homeless suck, but:

a) They are getting worse
b) Crown Heights, and specifically the area around the train station where at least one homeless man killed himself this year (and possibly another) is about to be dramatically over-burdened with the chronically underserved male homeless population