BONUS: "I helped with the search and rescue in one of the most famous train wrecks in county history."
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In this bonus episode, host Jake LaMore interviews Navy veteran Kaelin Patterson about his experience during the 1999 Bourbonnais Amtrak crash.
In this special bonus episode of This One Time in Kankakee, host Jake LaMore sits down with Navy veteran Kaelin Patterson for a raw, verbatim account of the 1999 Bourbonnais Amtrak crash. On March 15, 1999, Amtrak’s City of New Orleans collided with a semi-truck driven by John R. Stokes, who was hauling 18 tons of steel. The resulting derailment claimed 11 lives and left a community in shock. Kaelin, just off a shift at the Kmart warehouse, found himself thrust into a "wartime" scenario in hi...
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