Thanks for the great info-—as I mentioned earlier my son was one train ahead of this one-——and got off at Merillon Ave-—a day I certainly will never forget.
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BTW, the encounter with Joel Rifkin is important as more than a curiosity.
During the encounter, Colin Ferguson actually admitted to the LIRR murders, even though he had denied murdering anyone many times in court and to police. He did no in a bizarre exchange of "my crime was bigger than your crime" taunts with Rifkin.
Before hitting Rifkin, Ferguson bragged that had killed "six devils" while Rifkin had "only killed women."
This was a strange claim in several ways, not the least of which is the fact that three of the six people Ferguson killed were women.