Heather Ann Thompson

You know, they were unconcerned.

And every exchange that these teenagers had with the other passengers, hey, how are you?

Do you have a light?

No one felt the need to get off the train.

No one felt threatened.

No one felt the need to talk to the conductor.

It all felt very ordinary.

It felt very regular, but not to Bernie Getz.

When these four teenagers are on the train and when Bernie Getz stands up suddenly, by the way, Troy Canty thinks he's reaching for his wallet.

He's relatively

You know, he thinks, oh, OK, that's nice.

The man's going to give me $5.

And when he turns suddenly and he assumes a combat position and, to use his own words, lays down a pattern of fire and takes out first Troy Canty in the chest, then Barry Allen in the back as he is running, then James Ramseur through the arm and the bullet goes into his lungs as he's trying to flee, he misses Daryl Kabe.

And the most chilling part of this story is that he then walks over to Daryl Cabe, who at this point is cowering on his seat.

And, you know, not a single one of these teenagers was taller than a five feet six.

These are slight, small teens.

And he's sitting there cowering and he says, you look all right.

Here's another.

And he shoots him point blank range, severing his spinal cord.

So he is immediately paralyzed.