Long Island Rail Road

The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a railroad that serves the length of Long Island, New York. It is the busiest commuter railroad in the United States, and the oldest railroad still operating under its original name. It is owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which has styled it MTA Long Island Rail Road. There is legislation pending in the New York State legislature that would allow the MTA to merge the LIRR with the Metro-North Commuter Railroad to form MTA Rail.http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/capconstr/about.htm

Long Island Rail Road Massacre

On December 7, 1993, Colin Ferguson, a New York City resident, boarded the 5:33 pm local train to Hicksville at Pennsylvania Station with a concealed weapon and the intent to murder anonymous passengers. After the train entered Nassau County, he walked down the aisle of the car he was riding in and shot some passengers while passing others. When the engineer realized that there was a serious problem on the train, he stopped the train at the Merillon Avenue station in Garden City, New York. Several passengers overpowered Ferguson while he was attempting to reload for the second time and held him for police.

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December 7 - 1993 - Colin Ferguson - Garden City, New York

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Ferguson was convicted of shooting 25 LIRR passengers, 6 of whom died. This propelled Carolyn McCarthy, whose husband was killed and son seriously injured, to successfully run for Congress on a gun control platform.

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Carolyn McCarthy - Congress

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