Many legal questions have been raised during the last 120 hours; initially when communications had been lost with Titan, a submersible operated by OceanGate Inc., a corporation based in.
Aug. 2, 2017 derailment of CSX train Q38831 at Hyndman Borough, Pa. NTSB photo.
There are many things that can’t be hurried in this life, and probably shouldn’t be, like wine and bread (let beaujolais nouveau and matzoh be a warning to us all). There are other things that could use a bit of hurrying, like medical fitness for duty standards and the National Transportation Safety Board, but those two have proven themselves so resistant to urgings, proddings, cris du coeur, that they’ve almost worn me down. Almost.
Oh … and then there’s love. The Supremes said you can’t hurry love. They’re probably right, but that doesn’t prevent anyone from falling into it, love, at a rate of acceleration greater than that reached when bungie jumping, which, seems to be an appropriate metaphor for what falling in love does to your head, your stomach and the loose coins you forgot to remove from your pockets.