Maria Theresa Tumangan Magtoto, a 39-year-old Filipino female, died on December 7, 1993, after an ordinary rush-hour ride on the Long Island Rail Road turned into a three-minute nightmare. That evening’s eastbound commuter train left Penn Station in Manhattan and made its stop through Jamaica in Queens, packed with people thinking about dinner, holiday plans, and the simple relief of heading home. Somewhere in the third car, Magtoto was just another passenger among dozens—until the quiet rhy
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