As I reflect on 2024 and the roll into 2025, I want to do better next year by being more caring and compassionate towards those in my life – particularly those I consider to be a pain in my rump. The issue prompting me to write this post is the F-line subway immolation that occurred on a Coney Island, NYC subway platform on Sunday 12/22/2024. A woman who was asleep on the train was set on fire by a man in the country illegally. The woman died of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries. The perpetrator was purportedly stoned out of his mind on K2 (a synthetic cannabinoid) and Satan’s brew (alcohol). I worked in New York City in the mid 1980s and often found myself on a subway car on Sunday morning if I got called into work from my Jersey perch. I worried about being mugged, but I never gave consideration to becoming a roman candle. In all my years of medical training and practice, I found the burn unit the worst. The man who did this is demonic. Equally disturbing is the fact that a person could be burned beyond recognition on a subway car in a city with over 8 million people. Why were at least three individuals filming the event with their cell phones instead of helping the woman by putting the fire out? Why did a transit cop walk by the open car door with a standing human being engulfed in flames? Typing this makes me sick to my stomach. Is this where we are at in 2024? This woman died horrifically and ALONE in one of our country’s most populous cities. Identification of the body took over a week. The woman had been homeless. Will anyone be claiming her remains? As a civilized nation, we have to do better.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace which he lavished upon us. Ephesians 1: 7-8 (RSVCE).
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