Far from a no-show public employee, James E. Marshall was a two-show guy. Raised in public housing in Roxbury, he labored 80 hours a week to pull his family into the middle class.
Overnight, he fielded problem calls from tenants as a Boston Housing Authority dispatcher. By day, he drove on the Green Line, until fatigue apparently caught up with him and Marshall slammed his trolley into another, pinballing passengers, causing $500,000 in damage, and costing him his job.“He’s devastated,” said a dispatcher who works alongside Marshall at Boston police headquarters, where dispatchers for several agencies share space. “He feels terrible about somebody getting injured.”
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Sounds like a hard working guy. Of course it is open season on public employees so he won't get a shake.
Try costing a company millions in the private sector and see if you get a 'shake'
Seems like a hard working guy who made a mistake. I wish him good luck.
No excuses for this guy. This wouldn't have been the first time he gambled with T riders safety, he worked these 2 jobs for years and must have done this many times. He's cost the taxpayers 500K for damages, and how much in future liabilities, millions? Many people out there would like to make 63K for a job that just requires you to be awake enough to step on 1 pedal when you see a red light and another when you see green.
I am totally sympathetic on behalf of the people who were hurt in this crash but I can also see and applaud the energy and effort this guy put into trying to make a home for his family and escape the poverty of his past. I hope someone will give him a second chance.