A DAY FOR HEROES WORKERS HONORED FOR RESPONSE.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer GLENDALE - Costco employee Karen Mendoza was a little stunned by the loud cheers and applause that greeted her Wednesday when she received a certificate recognizing her role in helping victims of the deadly Metrolink derailment derailment /de·rail·ment/ (de-ral´ment) disordered thought or speech characteristic of schizophrenia and marked by constant jumping from one topic to another before the first is fully realized. . Mendoza and more than a dozen other Costco employees were thanked for rushing to the aid of those hurt in the crash of two commuter trains near the store. Eleven people died and nearly 200 were hurt in the state's deadliest rail disaster. ``It's almost hard to believe, one week later on this beautiful sunshiny day, that we had a horrific tragedy occur here,'' Glendale Police Chief Randy Adams said. ``This incident could have been far worse had people not immediately responded.'' But during the recognition ceremony held near the store, Mendoza downplayed the workers' role. ``It still doesn't make sense to me that we're being treated so great for doing acts of basic humanitarianism hu·man·i·tar·i·an·ism n. 1. Concern for human welfare, especially as manifested through philanthropy. 2. The belief that the sole moral obligation of humankind is the improvement of human welfare. 3. - that it's so far-fetched to step up and lend a hand when you need to,'' said Mendoza, 35, of Covina, who made the first 911 call to report the tragedy. Authorities said the crash was caused by a deranged de·range tr.v. de·ranged, de·rang·ing, de·rang·es 1. To disturb the order or arrangement of. 2. To upset the normal condition or functioning of. 3. To disturb mentally; make insane. man who abandoned his sport utility vehicle on the tracks in an aborted suicide attempt suicide attempt, suicide bid n → intento de suicidio suicide attempt, suicide bid n → tentative f de suicide . A southbound commuter train derailed, hit a Union Pacific locomotive parked on a parallel track, then collided with a northbound Metrolink train. Juan Manuel Several Spanish and Portuguese princes wore this name:
Cutting instrument or tool consisting of a pair of opposed metal blades that meet and cut when the handles at their ends are brought together. Modern scissors are of two types: the more usual pivoted blades have a rivet or screw connection between the cutting ends after seeing the tragedy unfold. He has been charged with 11 counts of murder. His arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted has been scheduled for Feb. 15. Funerals for the victims began Monday, with a service for Thomas Ormiston Thomas Ormiston (29 September 1878 – 15 January 1937) was a Scottish Unionist Party Member of Parliament (MP) who represented the Motherwell constituency from 1931 to 1935. , 58, the conductor of the northbound train. An estimated 2,000 mourners gathered Tuesday at a funeral for Deputy James Tutino, a 23-year veteran of the Sheriff's Department. On Wednesday, nearly 500 people attended a funeral Mass for Henry Kilinski, 39, of Orange, who was riding the northbound train on his way to his job in insurance claims in Burbank. Mourners also gathered Wednesday night for a candlelight vigil A candelight vigil is an outdoor assembly of people carrying candles, held after sunset. Such events are typically held either to protest at the suffering of some marginalized group of people, or in memory of lives lost to some disease, disaster, massacre or other tragedy. near the crash site. And a memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. today near Glendale City Hall for municipal employee Liz Hill, 65, of Van Nuys, and former employee Scott McKeown of Moorpark. Sheriff Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (b. May 27 1942, East Los Angeles, California) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School (Los Angeles) in 1960, Baca worked his way through East Los Angeles College before starting with the L.A. said the Costco employees acted purely on instinct. ``This is a story of individual choice and human instinct. You defied whatever the dangers were and you brought solace to people.'' Leesa Zavala, the wife of Costco employee Mark Zavala, said she's had to force him to accept accolades for walking through the diesel-drenched crash site to help others. ``I keep telling him he did something amazing,'' she said. ``He is the most beautiful person and he did something totally unselfishly. He's truly an inspiration and I'm so proud of him.'' Zavala's 9-year-old daughter, Victoria, who was allowed to skip school in order to watch others honor her father, beamed with pride. ``I think he's the greatest hero ever,'' she said. Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Coscto employees are recognized Wednesday in Glendale for rushing to the aid of victims of the Metrolink train disaster. (2) Grace Newman and her mother, Samantha Newman, attend a candlelight vigil Wednesday for victims of last week's Metrolink collision in Glendale. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer |
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