Subway Riders Mark Anniversary of Massacre
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MINEOLA, N.Y. — Bouquets of flowers and Christmas wreaths lined the fences Wednesday of the Long Island Rail Road stop where a train gunman’s massacre a year ago ended with six commuters dead and 19 wounded.
Some survivors of the attack on Dec. 7, 1993, said they rode the same train, the 5:33 p.m., to the same stop, Garden City, as a way to mark the anniversary.
A hearing continued Wednesday on whether the accused gunman, Colin Ferguson, is competent to stand trial. Ferguson didn’t appear; he told the judge Tuesday that he expected to be ill. When the judge asked if it had anything to do with the anniversary, he nodded yes.
A year ago, Ferguson allegedly got up in the third car of the train as it approached Garden City and began firing a semiautomatic pistol.
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