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[listersgirl]

Hello, there are people BEING SHOT just down the street from me. I am a little wigged out. And thankful that I was on time this morning, or else I might very well have gotten caught right in the middle of everything, since I got off at that very subway station this morning.

I wonder if we'll ever know why he shot the woman in the food court. Somehow the thought that it might be random violence is even scarier than the thought that it was precipitated by something specific. At least the hostage is unharmed (physically - I'm sure emotionally she's a wreck).

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[emiline.livejournal.com]

I didn't hear about this until I got into work. It's really frightening.

[listersgirl]

It is. I don't think of downtown Toronto as a place where things like this happen. And at 8 in the morning!

[emiline.livejournal.com]

I know! This is more like something that I could see happening near York U, or in Scarborough, or somewhere else like that. But downtown? Yikes!

[globetrotter1.livejournal.com]

Good grief! Is this Toronto?

[listersgirl]

Yes! Hostage situation at Union Station, after a shooting in a food court on Wellington.

[globetrotter1.livejournal.com]

I knew I should have deleted my comment... I meant is this really Toronto the so-called good? What's happening with this city?

[listersgirl]

Oh, I know. When I first heard what was happening, it felt so entirely unreal.

[globetrotter1.livejournal.com]

The woman who was shot was the suspect's wife.

Crazy world.

[listersgirl]

Oh, yikes. I don't understand people.

[maitheas.livejournal.com]

so glad to know you're ok!

[listersgirl]

Thanks. :) It's just not something I ever thought would be anywhere near me.

[slicegirl.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're okay and I totally know where you're coming from. When the DC sniper went on a rampage for most of October last year, it was insanely frightening. The DC Metro area basically shut down. No one wanted to go outside, pump gas, etc.

I'm glad they got him right away but still, you must have been really scared for your family and friends.

[listersgirl]

It's one of those things that just feel unreal, like something out of a movie, not from actual life. So many worse things happen every day, but having something happen that close is a shock.

[songficsgalore.livejournal.com]

Just down the street from where you work?! Holy crap! That's so frightening, I can't even imagine what everyone at your work is thinking right now. I hope everything's okay!

[listersgirl]

I work for a news organization, so everyone here is pretty blasé about these things. :) I'm just glad I didn't get caught in the blockades.

[songficsgalore.livejournal.com]

Did the street get blocked off because of the shooting?

[listersgirl]

Yup. Apparently it's still blocked off, although just one block now.

[dramaqueen-23.livejournal.com]

I'm just glad that you managed to avoid the danger and made it to work unharmed!

[listersgirl]

Thanks. :)

[idella]

I'm glad to hear you're okay! Scary stuff.

[listersgirl]

And really not what I expect to hear about first thing in the morning!

[farpotshket.livejournal.com]

Yikes. I'm glad you were on time for work today too!

[listersgirl]

I'll have to remember this next time I think "just 10 more minutes!"

[magwhore.livejournal.com]

And here I was worried about what shoes to pack for my trip there on Friday. Yikes. Firearms. Brandished. South of the 401. Scary.

Also. What the hell does DO I pack? What's the weather really like?!

[listersgirl]

Well, until yesterday I would have said bring a cardigan, because August was pretending it was October (and in a good way - the way where you can actually hang around outside because you can breathe).

But now, suddenly, we have the return of the sticky hot Toronto summer I've grown to know and hate, which is supposed to hang around at least until after the weekend. So I'd bring something for the superheat, and something to keep you a little warmer once we get back to the bizarre summer we've been having so far.

[magwhore.livejournal.com]

Distress and confusion! Hot is good for the cottage - v.v. good for the cottage. We like that. Hot is not good for elements of trip around Toronto. Which, admittedly, are small but v.v. critical to overall holiday enjoyment. And here I thought I'd be able to pack lightly.

[anglaisepaon.livejournal.com]

Wow. I'm so glad you're okay! And a bit weirded out to think of that happening in Toronto.

[listersgirl]

Thanks. :)