It Was For The Best: The Long Island Railroad Massacre

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severely wounded of the survivors. He was left partially paralyzed as a result of the Long Island Railroad Massacre.
The mass killing that went on in that commuter train was a tragedy with such extreme dimensions that, yet despite all the misfortune the outcome had an optimistic effect on the life of Carolyn McCarthy. A few years after the illogical act of violence shattered her family helped lobby congress for a ban on assault weapons. Later that year though the house of representatives, including her own representative Dan Frisa tried to overturn the bill. After he voted against the assault weapons ban McCarthy decided to run for congress as a democrat against Frisa, and she won. McCarthy’s transformed her private pain into a passionate, public campaign. Her admittance into Congress earned her a speech at the Democratic National Convention and admiring coverage ranging from The New York Times to Good Housekeeping.
Carolyn McCarthy’s loss opened a window on many political ...

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