Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I'm afraid we have lost another member.
After reading a post on another forum, I found it hard to believe but I checked it out by Google search and found this. Condolences to the family.-Jack
Greenwich (AP) _ Police say a man who was trying to entertain his family by
putting a penny on the tracks has died after being struck by a train in
Greenwich.
Police say 55 year old David Buffa of Ripley, New York jumped onto the
tracks at the Riverside train station Sunday afternoon to place a penny on a
track and show his wife and three daughters how it would be flattened by a
train.
Sgt. John Rizzitelli of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority says the
family members tried to pull Buffa back onto the platform. The Metro-North
Railroad train, an express from Stamford to New York City, was traveling at
about 75 mph when it struck Buffa. He died immediately.
Buffa was a retired police officer from Baltimore, Maryland.