Slipping From Our Grasp

Ms. Helen Pike (http://helenpike.com/index.htm) was kind enough to send me a copy of an obituary of Doris J. Wright from The Asbury Park Press. She passed away February 3rd just two weeks shy of her 90th birthday. Ms. Pike sent this because of this passage...

For over 30 years, Doris commuted to work on Wall Street, New York for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. It was during one of her commutes home in 1951 that Doris survived one of the worst train wrecks in American history in Woodbridge, where 82 people died. She sustained severe injuries, including a broken back, but was able to make a full recovery.

The main characters of this story - Joe Fitzsimmons, John Bishop, Alexander Eber, Paul Triplett - are all gone. Each year, another group of survivors and rescuers pass away. The wreck of The Broker is one of those events on the cusp of slipping into history.

This is a book that needs to be written soon, before the firsthand experiences of survivors and rescuers slip from our grasp.