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Astronaut Learns of Mother's "Hit by Train" Death Aboard Space Station

post #1 of 13
12/20/07 at 4:22pm
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He heard the news aboard the space station, she wasn't hit by a train on the... nevermind.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,317605,00.html

I wonder if there were any kids aboard the bus who witnessed this (EDIT: Yes, according to video). Terrible shame and crazy circumstances all around, especially considering where the son heard the news.


An astronaut aboard the international space station found out his 90-year-old mother died Wednesday after she was hit by a freight train.

Dan Tani, a crew member aboard Expedition 16, cannot return to Earth for her funeral; he is expected to return in January.

Rose Tani was stopped behind a school bus at railroad tracks, according to police. The bus was stopped when crossing gates came down for a westbound train. Tani blew her horn and drove around the bus, went through the downed crossing gates and the train hit her car.

NASA officials informed Tani of the incident and offered grief counseling through a private phone line to the space station.

The car accident is under investigation, but signals and crossing gates appeared to be in working order, police said.

NEWS VIDEO.
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post #2 of 13
12/20/07 at 4:24pm
I mean, how stupid do you have to be to be hit by a train?
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post #3 of 13
12/20/07 at 4:38pm
That's a shitty way to go out.

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post #4 of 13
12/20/07 at 4:45pm
In space no one can hear you grieve.
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post #5 of 13
12/20/07 at 4:47pm
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Originally Posted by billylove
I mean, how stupid do you have to be to be hit by a train?
I actually know that intersection, it's only about five miles from where I live. And if I remember correctly there aren't any gates there, just the lights. If there was a bus in front of her, she might not have seen the lights, and being 90 years old, her ears probably weren't so good either...

I'm more concerned by the fact that she was 90, and her astronaut son is 46. Screw the train, she's lucky she survived the childbirth!
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post #6 of 13
12/20/07 at 8:40pm
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Originally Posted by billylove
I mean, how stupid do you have to be to be hit by a train?
Well, to be fair, she was in quite a hurry. She was speeding across the country in her diaper to kidnap the astronaut's real father.
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post #7 of 13
12/20/07 at 9:54pm
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Originally Posted by Minsky
It sounds like some over-the-top acting teacher's zany role playing exercise.

"Here's the scene: You're in space... you're an astronaut. You've just found out that your mother's dead. She was hit... by a train. Express how you're feeling through song!"
Interpretive dance!
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post #8 of 13
12/20/07 at 11:36pm
This is nothing. I was aboard a train when I found out my dad was hit by a space station.
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post #9 of 13
12/20/07 at 11:45pm
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Originally Posted by El Tati
Was it that bad or did no one get the David Bowie reference?
I am sorry to inform your attempt at humor failed.
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post #10 of 13
12/21/07 at 4:22am
"Top of the world grandma!!!"
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post #11 of 13
12/21/07 at 9:03am
I supposes it's not really the sort of thing you want to find out about in the orbituaries.
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post #12 of 13
12/21/07 at 9:12am
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Originally Posted by El Tati
i´m gonna cry myself to sleep now
Grandma's hair was blue, and there's nothing you can do...
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post #13 of 13
12/23/07 at 2:10pm
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Originally Posted by Justin Bolivar
I have to think that by the time you reach ninety, you're so accustomed to the fact that you're going to be dying of old age that a train smashing into you must be a pleasant surprise.
If a brief one.
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