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Last night, as I was riding the subway home from work, the train suddenly stopped. We passengers rolled our eyes at another inconvenient subway delay. And then we heard the shaky-voiced announcement of the conductor: someone was under the train. Fifteen or so minutes later, an EMT walked through all the cars, explaining, "The individual under the train has... passed." During the next hour, police investigated and announcements came every five minutes to inform the passengers about "the situation." I cringed every time someone referred to this horrible, probable suicide as "the situation." It was such a clinical way to describe something that involved life and emotion.

I can't stop thinking about the pain and anger this person had to be experiencing to want to kill himself in such a violent way, and in a way that would affect so many strangers. I want to understand. I've been looking for a news article that contains some information about this, but I can't find anything. Please, if you stumble upon something, post a link.