CSU student Anna Beninati describes losing her legs while trying to hop a train in Longmont, CO Sept. 5, 2011.
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@yarnovah12 жыл бұрын
Sure, it was a stupid thing to do, but she's not looking for sympathy. She just seems happy to be alive. Teens are compulsive. Most of us are lucky to survive our childhoods. I wish her all the best.
@KC9PXG12 жыл бұрын
That conductor that had to go back and see the sight you portrayed has to be devastating for him. You are very lucky to be alive!
@norm426012 жыл бұрын
A tragic accident, but I commend her for being strong and moving on with her life.
@saravis565 жыл бұрын
I did so many things where I should have could have died. You are a survivor. Thrive and succeed.
@rushbeninati968511 жыл бұрын
Why am I taking this from strangers on the internet? Seriously, you never did anything stupid as a kid? The difference is, I got burned. Would you give sympathy to your daughter, sister, best friend, etc? I'm a human. I make human mistakes. And if you think I haven't learned, then maybe YOU have a lot to learn.
@haleandguu10 ай бұрын
hope youre doing well nowadays. congrats on your amazing ski wins! to be honest with you, skiing would actually scare me more than trying to hop a train ! you seem like a great woman with a great head on your shoulders. keep doing what youre doing, ignore the haters and weirdos. youre out there making a difference, theyre sitting on youtube just like me ;) stay at home mom.
@JennieLT35 ай бұрын
Your attitude is everything. The decision you made to take responsibility and own it, to get out of bed, to fail, to get back up, to talking to kids about the dangers of decisions like these and to listen to your gut....this is living. This is everything. You're doing more physically and mentally than most people who have the ability to walk on their own two feet. Mad respect to you. :)
@glowingnightlight11 жыл бұрын
They did. They charged her two friends with trespassing, but did not press charges on her. Makes sense though as it would be pretty sick to charge her for anything I think she has already learned her lesson.
@radudeATL12 жыл бұрын
She's a beautiful young lady. All the best to her.
@sterlingarcher95603 ай бұрын
What a badass friend that had the tourniquet
@livkivi12 жыл бұрын
Yes, she made a mistake but she knows it and she already got punished. And shes doing great, she doesnt need your sympathy.
@glowingnightlight11 жыл бұрын
Hey everyone everyone does stupid stuff as a teenager. She was just more unlucky than the rest. Most people don't even realize something like this could happen.
@HerrSchnabeltier12 жыл бұрын
@Railroad921 I think the point isn't the fact that she did it to herself but rather that the notion that she "deserved" it is a horrible thing to say.
@golem7200212 жыл бұрын
considering the vital arteries in the legs she is lucky to be alive and died from blood loss in mater of about 20 minutes or more.
@KatTheTruth6 ай бұрын
I’ve done stupid stuff in my life, too, including running up a down escalator, falling and ripping my leg open, needing stitches. I was very impulsive in my younger years. She didn’t deserve it but obviously it is a lesson to others.
@marietaylor90326 ай бұрын
My Grama was scalped by a train
@simonthetrainguy2 жыл бұрын
I remember my aunt telling me this when this happened because she works for BNSF in Longmont
@CoastStarlight1112 жыл бұрын
You would think the railroad would go after them for trespassing charges.
@TheCjcalioso9 жыл бұрын
Anna how are you doing girl? I just wan't you to know I stand in your corner,there is nothing wrong with being young and adventurous,you can still do that my friend,don't let anyone get you down, you can still turn this into a good thing,it's all about how you interpret this,the girl bethany who lost an arm to a tiger shark surfing- still surfs,not saying it's time to go trainhopping but when an idiot says crap like "her life is over" they couldn't be further from the truth! you are young you have eyes and ears that see and hear without those I would say life is pretty much over but you still have a very beautiful smile and you will make it -you will ! life is worth living and that is what you were doing when you were injured-living! they say if you aren't busy living you are busy dying ,you are young sister you gotta lotta life ahead of you,try to learn music it will help bring out a positive way to free your emotions,you are a wisewoman now and possess power you don't understand yet ,you can use this experience to help inspire others to be strong,remember you are human and if we didn't make mistakes we would be God instead,be easy on yourself ,I don't know you but I love you and support you!p.s. I am a train hopper too.
@dancer12 жыл бұрын
🔥❤️
@manishazenmp11 жыл бұрын
Similar thing happened to a girl in Montreal last week...you don't mess with trains...last one crossing when the train started to move..lost her both legs.
@lorddrakkon14609 жыл бұрын
Dont feel bad Anna. There these 2 kids at my high school and the 1st one was a male who kid that "TRIED" to jump a train in Chicago and he got his right leg cut off clean from the knee down and the other one is a female who was born without legs.
@bensonxx1912 жыл бұрын
@HerrSchnabeltier and @smartguy9765 classic angel didn't say she deserved it. Learn to read, she said she caused her own accident because of a stupid move on her part.
@Railroad92112 жыл бұрын
@smartguy9765 We are the right ones. I read the article and she did that to herself, people think its fun jumping trains but in reality its a gate way to the coffin.
@Timbrock100011 жыл бұрын
A stupid thing she did, yes. But you can't help but sympathize for her. I heard even the RailRoad (BNSF) representative brought her flowers to her hospital room.
@Lightwolf33312 жыл бұрын
Lessons learned from all of this.
@Railroad92112 жыл бұрын
@yarnovah She is one of the lucky ones, 90% of the time its the young who get killed by these trains, underestimating the power of a train. If she is smart enough she should share her story with Operation Lifesaver (A US Railroad Safety Organization) to show why trains are not to be joked around with.
@CoastStarlight1112 жыл бұрын
@Railroad921 True. BTW: I wonder if it was a BNSF Powder River coal train that she was trying to jump since I heard talk of lots of coal trains in the video.
@LRPFilming12 жыл бұрын
She's a cutie. Glad she's ok and in such high spirits considering what happened.
@modernblacksmith12 жыл бұрын
sometimes we do stupid things and pay a terrible price
@saintofconsequence12 жыл бұрын
@RSClassicAngel She is not being given sympathy. She was giving awards and thanks to the people that saved her. She obviously caused this on her own. That much is totally obvious. You are talking as if its some intelligent discovery that no one else sees. Its very obvious.
@saintofconsequence12 жыл бұрын
@Railroad921 That she did it to herself is no doubt 100% true. Any fool can see that. Its obvious and inherent in the story. But to say she deserved it means that you are saying that the proper punishment for a train jumper would be to have their legs cut off. If someone were to jump on a train, not get injured, and get convicted of it, instead of paying back or being fined, the punishment would be to tie the person to the tracks so the next train cuts their legs off. You said it.
@DotxxHackxxSword12 жыл бұрын
Looks like she recovered fast(mentally)
@T1_Productions3 жыл бұрын
tbh, I would give up if I lost one of my limbs.
@CoastStarlight1111 жыл бұрын
Dang!
@HerrSchnabeltier12 жыл бұрын
@RSClassicAngel How does that make her any less deserving of sympathy? Have you never done anything stupid in your entire life?
@lokoff4loko12 жыл бұрын
letz go hop on trainz cause i see it on the internet and it looks kewl!!~*^ ^-^*
@maxshelltrack97205 жыл бұрын
Train hopping is only as dangerous as you make it out to be some people are careful some are reckless it doesn't make you a dumb ass because you tried it.
@kph12312 жыл бұрын
And thats why you never hop on to a moving train!
@JBofBrisbane12 жыл бұрын
@RSClassicAngel @CoastStarlight11 - I wonder if part of the deal not to prosecute is that she tells her story to encourage people her age not to do such a fool thing themselves.
@matrixistrue12 жыл бұрын
her life is over
@rushbeninati968511 жыл бұрын
I'm such tough shit, yeah. All 78 legless pounds of me.
@bagelbomb18876 жыл бұрын
Rush Beninati I think you are a very strong person to have been through what you have and then compete in sport like that, I wish I could ski that well. If that's not strength I don't know what is. There are people who sit behind keyboards criticising others and people like you who live life. Go Anna keep proving these people wrong and keep doing you, that is a million times more meaningful than these basement critics' lives. Great video by the way and I really enjoyed your other talk on how injury doesn't define any of us too and boy have you proven that ! ✌
@Spankyliz12 жыл бұрын
@MsHoneee at least my joke make some sense~but i don't understand what you are getting at
@clover3695212 жыл бұрын
@saintofconsequence haha I love how you're trying to defend this girl to everyone...you even replied to the top comment. Get over it. This girl was stupid. What? have you done the same thing? Is that why you're sympathetic?
@MsHoneee12 жыл бұрын
@Spankyliz Or ignorant..
@clover3695212 жыл бұрын
@saintofconsequence wow..ever heard of maturity? Get some.
@saintofconsequence12 жыл бұрын
@clover36952 I said that as a criticism to your immaturity.