Comments on: Breaking: Nine Confirmed Dead In Red Line Metro Crash

By: UNFIT for a Bailout | UNFIT

UNFIT for a Bailout | UNFIT — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:43:20 +0000

[...] those of us that care about them can move on to thinking about the future. And if the coverage of this past week’s D.C. Metro Disaster offered by the Washington City Paper (full disclosure: I’ve spent some serious time writing [...]

By: So Who Screwed Up The Metro Crash Body Count? Fenty - City Desk - Washington City Paper

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:37:20 +0000

[...] on the metro crash, Mayor Adrian Fenty did just that. Even though Metro and the Fire Department had confirmed that nine passengers had died in the Red Line accident, Fenty overruled those officials and confused everyone. Fenty decided presumably on his own that in [...]

By: One Emerging Angle: Was The Fire Department Properly Notified Of Metro Crash? - City Desk - Washington City Paper

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:49:39 +0000

[...] Crosswhite ended up driving an ambulance. [...]

By: Metro Crash Death Count: WTF - City Desk - Washington City Paper

Metro Crash Death Count: WTF - City Desk - Washington City Paper — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:09:15 +0000

[...] last night then fall back to seven this morning and then back up to nine? Last night, City Desk reported that three news outlets—WUSA9, WTOP, and WJLA—had confirmed that nine had died in the [...]

By: DC Firefighter

DC Firefighter — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:28:09 +0000

Yeap, Rubin’s boy Deputy Fire Chief Crosswhite, AKA as “Deputy Chief Asswipe” said it. Once again, Chief Asswipe got preoccupied with beating his chest and forgot about the best interest of the department.

By: J

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:20:33 +0000

DID the Deputy Fire say... There was nobody at that moment available to drive the ambulance, for the [most severely injured]. WOW great work DC Fire. Well organized operation???

By: DC Gov

DC Gov — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:11:05 +0000

Not surprised DC Fire Public Information Officer Deputy Fire Chief Kenneth Crosswhite was clueless. Those guys at DCFEMS are not like really on the ball.

By: Our Morning Roundup: Arlington Gets Mocked Edition - City Desk - Washington City Paper

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:17:15 +0000

[...] out these must see photos of yesterday’s Metro crash aftermath. Read our interview we posted last night with a Deputy Fire Chief who was on the scene and ended up driving an [...]

By: wetblanket

wetblanket — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:06:52 +0000

Just when I thought I was missing DC...

*Biggest Metro-related story, probably ever?
*Online casts are sparse, not updated
*This happened at 5pm, not overnight
*WAMU HAS a news staff

Good luck everyone - what an awful day, even from afar.

By: KCinDC

KCinDC — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:41:07 +0000

Yes, WAMU should have suddenly developed a breaking news section this evening to serve all those people who go to the WAMU site for breaking news that has never been there. They're obviously a bunch of heartless bastards.

By: Red Line Trains Collide Near Fort Totten: Deadliest Crash In Metro History - City Desk - Washington City Paper

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:38:04 +0000

[...] 11: 45 p.m. Nine confirmed dead. [...]

By: wetblanket

wetblanket — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:36:42 +0000

Hah. OK, really creativemeat?

No links for WMATA? Phone numbers for relatives who don't live in radio broadcast range? Photos? Links to AP updates?

Radio is a lot more than 'r-a-d-i-o' these days.
They may as well not have an website then.

But hell, I'm sleepy and tired and don't feel like getting into this anymore.

By: creativemeat

creativemeat — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:27:14 +0000

I'm sure WAMU will talk about about the crash on the r-a-d-i-o.

More surprising is that WP.com has not updated the fatality figures on their main page.

By: wetblanket

wetblanket — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:01:37 +0000

Former District resident here, who still reads the Post and the City Paper (online).

Just wanted to say thanks to the City Paper for covering everything tonight. The pictures, liveblogs, updates, etc.

I came here and to WAMU's site because I figured everyone would be going to watch coverage at the TV sites.

Which brings me to say: PLEASE VISIT http://www.wamu.org NOW.
It's as if nothing at all has happened.

Infuckingcredible. The top two news stories are about DC protests for Iran and dog bite seminars.

Seriously, check it out.