Was it really worth it? (Bad parenting)

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That is, IIRC. Either way, the father was a self-centered moron of the first order for trying to run past a train.

Yeppers. BTW, has anyone seen the 'wildest video' show on TruTV where the commuter gets hit by a train? I think the footage was shot somewhere near Chicago, possibly on Metra's "Racetrack." Anyway, there's a commuter train stopped at a station. Nothing unusual about that, but several people are attempting to cross the tracks ahead of it. Most of them got as far as the middle track, before hearing the horns and seeing the oncoming locomotive. They all turned back. The final person...wasn't so lucky. At that point, the tape stopped. Seems that the ensuing footage was a bit too gory for TV