re: Witness to LSU student’s death: “Still somewhat in shock realizing what happened”

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No, you were asking if it could be done and then suggesting that it could be near suicide to try it and wondering if it was even possible

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When I said it was “suicidal,” it probably would be in the dark. If you get your foot caught or trip, you’ll either get dragged by the train or crushed when the train rolls over you.

But again, I understand that it’s physically possible to jump a coupler. The point was raised that the train was in motion as a preclusion for jumping.

The rhetorical exercise in raising the question of its possibility (in terms of a slow moving train) is to allow the other person I was talking to the opportunity to see the answer without me directly giving them the answer.