tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6487399564596460661.post8192668916408165064..comments2023-05-27T11:20:41.479-04:00Comments on Disasterous History: Stratton Nebraska Church Bus/train crashRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18414805025967672048noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6487399564596460661.post-19235434952247199242022-04-06T06:15:06.869-04:002022-04-06T06:15:06.869-04:00I was one of the survivors. My sister, Holly didn&...I was one of the survivors. My sister, Holly didn't though. I am grateful you wrote this. It's something you never forget about. Hoping the other survivors are well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04990092961865056656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6487399564596460661.post-50822994818896275322018-10-22T14:18:53.361-04:002018-10-22T14:18:53.361-04:00Very interesting read. I was talking with a co-wor...Very interesting read. I was talking with a co-worker earlier in the day, He started telling the story of his Daughter being killed in a Church bus / Train accident in southern Neb. I Googled it and your site was the first to pop up. I have worked with this man for 6 years and never knew of this till now. You never know a guy till you get to know a guy. Thank you for filling in the blanks as I didn't want to pry into his personal life anymore than what he was willing to divulge. Sad day for those involved.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07332849433361392935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6487399564596460661.post-10038919424506050522018-08-07T02:01:20.909-04:002018-08-07T02:01:20.909-04:00Thanks for the great read. Today would have been m...Thanks for the great read. Today would have been my sister Cindy's birthday. I lost 2 sisters in the tragic accident. My middle sister survived with broken legs. I was only 16 months old at the time. My dad was a volunteer firefighter at this time also. Thanks again for taking the time to do the research and writing. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16987593103461646806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6487399564596460661.post-33475078645168538142016-12-01T01:48:01.526-05:002016-12-01T01:48:01.526-05:00Your time to reply and interest in our current sta...Your time to reply and interest in our current state of well being is most appreciated.<br /><br />The thorough explanation given to my question of what brought you to write about this event was great. Thank you for doing so. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15385616680131682643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6487399564596460661.post-75576809929717792222016-11-25T09:21:51.524-05:002016-11-25T09:21:51.524-05:00HMMM, where to start....
I was deeply interested ...HMMM, where to start....<br /><br />I was deeply interested in the fire service even as a small child (Somewhere in the attic, in a box of ancient photos, is a picture of about six year old me in rain coat and toy fire helmet directing the stream from a garden hose onto the pile of loaves my dad was burning in the back yard. Dad was a volunteer firefighter at the time as well...I rode shot gun with him to more than a few incidents.)<br /><br />So I ended up getting in the fire service myself, as both an incident scene photographer on the fire side, and an EMT on the rescue side. Thirty-four years and around 10,0000 calls later, when I decided to hang up gear and camera, I'm still deeply interested in the fire service (When they say it gets in your blood they mean it!<br /><br />I've also always been a major history buff, and I decided, about 4 years ago that a blog about famous and unusual incidents would be an interesting undertaking. That proved to be an understatement.<br /><br />The bus crash posts, originally, were going to be just one post...the Evans, Colorado bus crash. While I was researching that one I realized just how many school bus-train accidents there have been, so I decided to do a series of posts about them, concentrating on the history of both the laws that were put in place to prevent them and the way they were handled by fire and EMS. <br /><br />I found, while I was doing research and looking for incidents, that the laws governing church and activity buses lagged behind laws governing school buses (I'm firmly convinced some lawmakers thought they were covering church and activity buses when they drafted laws covering school buses and were unpleasantly surprised to find that this was not the case) and ran up on the Stratton accident during my research and saw that it was a perfect example of several factors I'd seen in other bus crashes, plus, uniquely, it was caused, in part, by a device that was designed to prevent such accidents. (The infamous wig-wag signal)<br /><br />So I decided to include it as well...ironically it was one of the more difficult incidents to research because the NTSB report was so hard to find...unique among the bus crash posts where I had the report available, I found the full report after I posted the article, which caused me to have to do a partial rewrite.<br /><br />Hope this answered your question! Thanks for your interest! <br />Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414805025967672048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6487399564596460661.post-65140549394769745642016-11-25T08:57:07.124-05:002016-11-25T08:57:07.124-05:00Thank you for the interest in my blog...I'm tr...Thank you for the interest in my blog...I'm truly glad you and your sisters recovered and are doing well...I hope my post helped you to understand what happened a little bit more clearly.<br /><br /> Yours and your sisters' Faith in God is very evident and inspirational as well.<br /><br />I noticed, during my years as an EMT, that memory suppression is very common, even in minor incidents, much less major traumatic incidents such as this. It's, as my Mom, who was a registered nurse told even before I got in the fire service and EMS the body's way of protecting us from our own memories.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414805025967672048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6487399564596460661.post-26978526147874905312016-11-22T18:43:37.875-05:002016-11-22T18:43:37.875-05:00By the way, what brought you to write about this e...By the way, what brought you to write about this event? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15385616680131682643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6487399564596460661.post-38974905263878222232016-11-22T18:38:15.660-05:002016-11-22T18:38:15.660-05:00I appreciate your research and work done here.
My...I appreciate your research and work done here.<br /><br />My two sisters and I survived this tragedy when many did not. It was very interesting to read about this event some 40 years after the fact. I had/have suppressed the memories of this horrific day. For the life of me, I can not recall the song we where singing at the time this took place. It is something I think about from time to time.<br /><br />My sisters and I are all doing well and appreciate the second lease on life GOD gave to us. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15385616680131682643noreply@blogger.com