On a chilly December afternoon in New York, as many passengers on the Long Island Railroad commutted to different suburbs of The Big Apple, little did they know they would be riding with a fellow rider who was ready to make his frustrations heard... and when he did, it would be so sinister and gory... leaving people to wonder why he did what he did....

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News Sources

1. Newsday- https://www.newspapers.com/image/706666802/
2. The Reporter Dispatch- https://www.newspapers.com/image/914434554/
3. Longview Daily News- https://www.newspapers.com/image/575601364/?match=1&terms=long%20island%20railroad%20massacre
4. Encyclopedia.com- https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/colin-ferguson-trial-1995
5. Time Magazine - https://time.com/archive/6724467/crime-colin-ferguson-a-mass-murderers-journey-toward-madness/
6. New York Times- https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/08/nyregion/gunman-kills-5-on-lirr-train-19-are-wounded.html (initial report by the NYT)
   1. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/09/nyregion/victims-of-railroad-shooting.html
   2. https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/19/nyregion/lirr-killer-plans-appeal-based-on-the-insanity-issue.html
   3. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/09/nyregion/death-on-the-lirr-the-rampage-gunman-in-a-train-aisle-passes-out-death.html
   4. https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/18/nyregion/jury-finds-ferguson-guilty-of-slayings-on-the-lirr.html
   5. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/08/nyregion/gunman-kills-5-on-lirr-train-19-are-wounded.html
   6. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/12/nyregion/tormented-life-special-report-long-slide-privilege-ends-slaughter-train.html
   7. https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/23/nyregion/rail-gunman-to-spend-life-behind-bars.html
   8. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/09/nyregion/death-lirr-overview-portrait-suspect-emerges-shooting-li-train.html
   9. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/14/nyregion/sadness-and-hope-for-family-of-victims-of-train-shooting.html

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