40 years is like 1 day to survivors: Rockland train-school bus crash killed 5, rewrote safety laws

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Excellent story on a horrible tradgedy.

This event changed a lot that day from safety standards to response procedures

40 years is like 1 day to survivors: Rockland train-school bus crash killed 5, rewrote safety laws

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Chief Barry Furey who was interviewed for the story has a chapter on this accident in his book "Volunteer- Twenty Five Years of Smoke and Sirens". It's a easy read, 134 pages and has lots of Rockland county stories in it.