I-WASHINGTON-Olunye uloliwe ohamba ngenqanawa iMetro wabetha ngakwenye indawo ekuphakameni kwekomkhulu ledolophu yangokuhlwa yangomvulo yangokuhlwa, ebulala abantu abathandathu kwaye wenzakalisa abanye iimoto zikaloliwe ohamba ngenqwelomoya ezothuswe ngumoya kwaye wawa phezu kwesokuqala. .
Iimoto zoololiwe bobabini zakrazulwa zavulwa kunye, kunye nesithethi somlilo kwiSithili saseColumbia u-Alan Etter wathi abasebenzi kufuneka babanqumle abanye abantu koko athi "sisiganeko sokwenzakala kwabantu abaninzi." Abahlanguli baxhoma ileli yentsimbi ukuya kwiimoto zikaloliwe ezingaphezulu ukunceda abasindileyo babaleke. Izihlalo ezivela kwiimoto ezichithakeleyo zazichithele kumkhondo.
USodolophu we-DC u-Adrian Fenty uthe abathandathu babhubhile. Ingqonyela yezomlilo u-Dennis Rubin uthe abasebenzi bokuhlangula baphathe abantu abangama-70 kwindawo yesehlo bathumela abanye babo kwizibhedlele zasekuhlaleni, ababini benokwenzakala okusongela ubomi. Igosa leMetro lithe abaswelekileyo babandakanya umqhubi wesetyhini kuloliwe ohamba emva. Igama lakhe alixelwanga kwangoko.
Ingozi malunga ne-5 emva kwemini i-EDT yenzeke kumgca obomvu wenkqubo, eyona nto ixakeke kakhulu kwiMetro, ehamba ezantsi komhlaba ubude bayo kodwa ikumgangatho womhlaba kwindawo yengozi kufutshane nomda waseMaryland kumantla mpuma eWashington.
Umphathi weMetro uJohn Catoe uthe uloliwe wokuqala wamiswa koololiwe, elinde omnye ukucoca isikhululo esingaphambili, xa uloliwe ohamba emva kwakhe wayengena kuwo ngasemva. Uloliwe ngamnye wayenemoto ezintandathu kwaye wayekwazi ukubamba abantu abali-1,200.
Amagosa ebengenangcaciso ngengozi. Ibhodi yoKhuseleko kuThutho kaZwelonke yathatha uxanduva lophando kwaye yathumela iqela kwindawo yeyona ngozi imbi kwimbali yeminyaka engama-33.
Bangaphezu kwama-200 abacimi-mlilo abavela kwiDC, eMaryland naseVirginia ekugqibeleni bahlangana kuloo ndawo. USabrina Webber, iarhente yokuthengisa izindlu nomhlaba eneminyaka engama-45 ubudala ehlala ebumelwaneni, uthe abahlanguli bokuqala ukufika kwakufuneka basebenzise "imihlathi yobomi" ukuvula uthango ngocingo ukuze bafike kuloliwe.
UWebber wabalekela kwindawo yesehlo emva kokuva isandi esikhulu esifana "nokuduma kweendudumo" emva koko kwavuswa. Uthe akukho zinkwantyi phakathi kwabasindileyo.
Umgibeli uJodie Wickett, umongikazi, uxelele i-CNN ukuba wayehleli kuloliwe omnye, ethumela imiyalezo kwifowuni yakhe, xa esiva ifuthe. Uthe wathumela umyalezo emntwini ukuba uziva ngathi uloliwe ubethile kakhulu.
"Ukusukela ngelo xesha ukuya phambili, yenzeke ngokukhawuleza, ndabhabha ndaya esihlalweni ndayibetha intloko." UWickett uthe uhlala kuloo ndawo wazama ukunceda. Uye wathi, "abantu bakwimeko embi kakhulu."
"Abantu abenzakeleyo, abo babekwazi ukuthetha, babebuya njengokuba sasibabiza," utshilo. Abantu abaninzi babekhathazekile belila, kodwa kwakungekho ngxolo. ”
Enye indoda yathi yayihamba ngebhayisikile inqumla ibhulorho eyayiphezu kweetrojitha zeMetro xa isandi sengozi sathi saqwalaselwa.
"Khange ndibone nto," utshilo uBarry Student. Yonke imeko yayingaqhelekanga. ”
Isithethi seSebe lezoKhuseleko lwaseKhaya u-Amy Kudwa uthe kungaphelanga neeyure ezimbini emva kwengozi abasemagunyeni babengenalo nolunye unxibelelwano lobunqolobi.
"Andazi ukuba kutheni le ngozi," utshilo uCatoe kaMetro. "Ndingatsho ukuba le nkqubo ikhuselekile, kodwa siye sanesehlo."
Elinye ixesha kwimbali kaMetrorail yeminyaka engama-33 yokuba kwabhubha abakhweli kwakungoJan. 13, 1982, xa kwasweleka abantu abathathu ngenxa yendlela eyayiphantsi kwedolophu. Olo yayilusuku lwentlekele kwikomkhulu-kungekudala ngaphambi kwengozi engaphantsi komhlaba, inqwelomoya iAir Florida yatyhoboza yaya kwi-14th Street Bridge kwangoko emva kokuba isukile kwisaqhwithi esomeleleyo esivela eWashington National Airport ngaphesheya koMlambo iPotomac. Ingozi yenqwelomoya ibulale abantu abangama-78.
