A 1993 mass shooting on the Long Island Rail Road was the last one on a train in New York until last month. Now, as Sunset Park survivors begin the long road toward feeling safe again, the LIRR survivors have a unique perspective on what may lay ahead.
For Terry Sullivan, the fear always set in when he felt the train slow down.
The mass shooting on the Long Island Rail Road was the last one on a train in New York until last month, when a gunman opened fire on an N train in Sunset Park. Now, as the Sunset Park survivors begin the long road toward feeling safe again, the Rail Road survivors have a unique perspective on what may lay ahead. Still, there are likely to be differences.Terry Sullivan, an artist, showing work inspired by the 1993 shooting.
That dread is something Julia Jean-Francois has heard a lot. She is overseeing counseling for a number of the Brooklyn victims at the Center for Family Life In Sunset Park. She said people in Sunset Park, many of whom are immigrants, were living with some fear even before the shooting. Likewise, Terry Sullivan was already seeing a therapist when the Long Island Rail Road shooting happened. “And that was helpful because … you can process what you’re thinking and feeling about it.”
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