Jeez, that made me go cold.

AAAH! Even knowing that he was going to be ok in the end, I couldn't help gasping as the train came in.

The headline was enough to keep me from starting the video.

Jeez, that made me go cold.

This. Yikes, I'm all goosebumps and sickbelly, even knowing it had a happy ending.

oooh, yeah. Not watching. Kinda glad I missed yesterday's kerfuffle too.

Well, the mom almost did jump onto the tracks -- she would have been grievously injured for sure.

In Chicago the UP (fmr. Chicago & Northwestern) Metra trains run "backwards", i.e. on the left, where there are double tracks. I knew this but since there are other railroads on which Metra runs commuter service and I had at times used them I got myself confused about which railroad I was on and which way to be facing. I heard the rumble of a train going express but I thought it was obscured by a stairway structure and so I leaned out to check for it.

It was behind me, and it was only the air pressure around the engine that blew me back enough so I wasn't actually hit. Inches, I swear. Dumbass.

In related news: Mother of the Year was announced. This kid's mom didn't win.