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  1. Hello again!
  2. On this day in 1981 a state trooper in my state made the ultimate sacrifice.



    Tpr. Allan P. Peterson
    October 19, 1943 - August 29, 1981

    ...On the morning of August 7, 1981, at approximately 5:07 a.m., a C & O freight train derailed in the city of Bridgman, Michigan. The train, comprised of 80 cars, pulled by two locomotives, and trailed by a caboose, lost 14 of its cars in the derailment. One of the cars, a tanker with the number ACFX92961 stenciled on its side, flipped over and rested on its top. Due to a ruptured standpipe, a large white plume of toxic gas began to escape from this tanker.

    Various police agencies arrived at the scene to assist with the derailment, led by troopers from Benton Harbor, Paw Paw, and the New Buffalo Team. Among the involved officers was Tpr. Allan P. Peterson, a thirteen year veteran, who had served at Bay City, Ithaca, Brighton, and Paw Paw before being transferred to the New Buffalo Team.

    Trooper Peterson was assigned to the inner perimeter of the scene, approximately one-hundred yards from the wreckage. His primary responsibilities included keeping motorists, media, and curious onlookers away from the overturned tanker which continued to spew toxic gas. Investigation of the cargo indicated the upside down car was loaded with fluosulfonic (fluorosulfonic) acid, an odorless, fuming liquid that is acidic, poisonous, and highly corrosive to metals and tissue. Short contacts with small quantities of this acid or its fumes can cause severe, painful burns. Trooper Peterson, as did many of the assigned officers, spent his entire shift working in close proximity to the caustic white plume.

    On August 29, 1981, at approximately 8:15 a.m., Trooper Peterson, 37 years of age, died of a massive heart attack, following a prolonged and severe coughing spasm. It was determined, at a later date, that the medical complications contributing to his death were a direct result of the exposure to the toxic plume discharged from the derailed freight train.

    Trooper Peterson was the 34th MSP officer to die in the line of duty.
  3. Originally posted by drewhigginsHello again!


    Hi Drew!
  4. Maybe the chat threads shouldn't count in the post count?


  5. If that was the case, you would be on less than 2000 posts
  6. Originally posted by KieranU2[..]

    If that was the case, you would be on less than 2000 posts


    Yes. But I think it would be a good idea, since this has basically become a pure chat now.
  7. Originally posted by Mr_Trek[..]

    Yes. But I think it would be a good idea, since this has basically become a pure chat now.


    Nah, it wouldn't. It's stayed like this for 14 chat threads, so it should stay the same.
  8. Originally posted by KieranU2[..]

    Nah, it wouldn't. It's stayed like this for 14 chat threads, so it should stay the same.


    But those weren't a chat as much as they're now. Or maybe none of the chat threads should count.
  9. But well, I guess I'll have beaten Sergio by the end of the year then.
  10. Originally posted by Mr_Trek[..]

    But those weren't a chat as much as they're now. Or maybe none of the chat threads should count.


    So? It should always count.

    Do I detect you being slightly annoyed by your post count?
  11. Yes. Fuck you

    No, not at all... I have a life y'know!
  12. They should count. Because then if I post enough, I'll have 20 000 posts!!!
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