https://davidcarsonphotos.com/ 2026-03-16 weekly 1.0 https://davidcarsonphotos.com/multimedia-copy 2026-03-16 monthly 0.8 https://davidcarsonphotos.com/bio 2026-03-16 monthly 0.8 https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/avaanddad.jpg https://davidcarsonphotos.com/contact 2026-03-16 monthly 0.8 https://davidcarsonphotos.com/ferguson-michael-brown 2026-03-16 monthly 0.8 https://davidcarsonphotos.com/life 2026-03-16 monthly 0.8 https://davidcarsonphotos.com/news 2026-03-16 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/a01-CD-DC-Foreclosures-1.jpg Thursday October 7, 2010--An American flag is put out with the trash from a home being put on the market as a short sale in the Briarchase subdivision in O'Fallon. The subdivision has had 17 foreclosures since the recession began. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Thursday October 7, 2010--An American flag is put out with the trash from a home being put on the market as a short sale in the Briarchase subdivision in O'Fallon. The subdivision has had 17 foreclosures since the recession began. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Portfolio---031.jpg Tuesday May 25, 2004--"It was depper than I thought" said Steve Holland, of Barnhart, as he waits for a tow from another motorist on Highway 40/64 eastbound between Hanley Avenue and Hampton Avenue on Tuesday. A downpour during a thunderstorm shortly before 3pm over burdened the drains in the highway shutting down traffic in both directions. The water was waist deep in some areas. Photo By David Carson/PD Tuesday May 25, 2004--"It was depper than I thought" said Steve Holland, of Barnhart, as he waits for a tow from another motorist on Highway 40/64 eastbound between Hanley Avenue and Hampton Avenue on Tuesday. A downpour during a thunderstorm shortly before 3pm over burdened the drains in the highway shutting down traffic in both directions. The water was waist deep in some areas. Photo By David Carson/PD https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/2012-18-Warehouse-fire-6.jpg Thursday September 8, 2011--A fire fighters directs water into a burning warehouse near the intersection of Theresa Avenue and Bernard Street in St. Louis on Thursday. The fire, that started around 11:15 a.m., gutted the building and according to fire fighters destroyed several vehicles and some furniture inside the building. Smoke from the fire, that was near the big neon Budweiser sign that can be seen along Highway 40 (Interstate 64), could be seen from miles away. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Thursday September 8, 2011--A fire fighters directs water into a burning warehouse near the intersection of Theresa Avenue and Bernard Street in St. Louis on Thursday. The fire, that started around 11:15 a.m., gutted the building and according to fire fighters destroyed several vehicles and some furniture inside the building. Smoke from the fire, that was near the big neon Budweiser sign that can be seen along Highway 40 (Interstate 64), could be seen from miles away. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/49-Portfolio---014.jpg Thursday September 1, 2005--Betty Barthelemy, of Madison County, (Granite City Mailing address but lives outside of the city limits) quitely prays outside of The Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City on Thursday. Barthelemy said she was praying for a change in legislation that would stop abortions. PHOTO BY DAVID CARSON/PD Thursday September 1, 2005--Betty Barthelemy, of Madison County, (Granite City Mailing address but lives outside of the city limits) quitely prays outside of The Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City on Thursday. Barthelemy said she was praying for a change in legislation that would stop abortions. PHOTO BY DAVID CARSON/PD https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/46-Postalmemorial.jpg Tamara Quinn, center left, and Latasha Anderson, center right, weep as amazing grace is sung during a memorial service for Christine Jones who was stuck and killed by lightning while delivering mail on Tuesday. Quinn is Jones' aunt and Anderson is Jones' cousin. Hundreds of people showed at a memorial set up under the tree where Jones was killed at the corner of Highmount and Venice drives in Ferguson. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Tamara Quinn, center left, and Latasha Anderson, center right, weep as amazing grace is sung during a memorial service for Christine Jones who was stuck and killed by lightning while delivering mail on Tuesday. Quinn is Jones' aunt and Anderson is Jones' cousin. Hundreds of people showed at a memorial set up under the tree where Jones was killed at the corner of Highmount and Venice drives in Ferguson. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/2012-05-Art-Hill-Night-Flags-8.jpg Sunday September 11, 2011--Rosario Neaves and Arpan Srivastava, both from St. Louis, lay under one of the 2,996 flags that were staked into the ground on Art Hill as a tribute to the victims of 9/11 terror attacks. The flag the couple is laying under is dedicated to Neaves' friend Lisa Frost who was a passanger on United flight 175, the second plane to crash into World Trade Center. "It feels comforting to lay here. I feel like I can be closer to her" said Neaves. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Sunday September 11, 2011--Rosario Neaves and Arpan Srivastava, both from St. Louis, lay under one of the 2,996 flags that were staked into the ground on Art Hill as a tribute to the victims of 9/11 terror attacks. The flag the couple is laying under is dedicated to Neaves' friend Lisa Frost who was a passanger on United flight 175, the second plane to crash into World Trade Center. "It feels comforting to lay here. I feel like I can be closer to her" said Neaves. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Funeral-RI-2.jpg Farwell Chief Farwell Chief https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/00035114-GNN-001.jpg 00035114-GNN-001 UAW Local 145 workers march in the Put America Back to Work rally in Granite City on Tuesday. Thousands of people showed up to lend their support to union steelworkers who have been laid off because of low demand for their product. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Zoo-Museum-Meeting1a.jpg St. Louis Zoo-Museum District board members (from left to right) Robert Lowery, Charles Valier, Gloria Wessels and Thomas Campbell have a tense discussion about possible recommendations following an auditor's report about the History Museum on Monday Oct. 29, 2012 in Clayton. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com St. Louis Zoo-Museum District board members (from left to right) Robert Lowery, Charles Valier, Gloria Wessels and Thomas Campbell have a tense discussion about possible recommendations following an auditor's report about the History Museum on Monday Oct. 29, 2012 in Clayton. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Alton-Fire-1.jpg News | Simple Image Page View News by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Sloan-Cop-Funeral-6al_1.jpg Wednesday February 4, 2004--St. Louis Police officer XXXXXX Fischer wipes tears from her eyes after fellow officer Nicholas Sloan was laid to rest at Calvary Cemetery on Wednesday. Photo By David Carson/PD (We are working on Getting officer Fischer's first name at this time) Wednesday February 4, 2004--St. Louis Police officer XXXXXX Fischer wipes tears from her eyes after fellow officer Nicholas Sloan was laid to rest at Calvary Cemetery on Wednesday. Photo By David Carson/PD (We are working on Getting officer Fischer's first name at this time) https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Portfolio---029.jpg 00003819-1 "I could stay under here all day long" said Lisa Rhone, left, as she and Teomia Bailey seek relief from record breaking heat at a fire department cooling station in St. Louis. Tempatures topped out at 105 degrees, the hottest recorded reading in more then a decade. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/2012-15-Ferguson-Church-1.jpg Saturday April 23, 2011--Larry Doggett, left, and his daughter Joni Bellinger salvage a bible from the debris in the sancuary of the Ferguson Christian Church after a tornado ripped the roof off the church on Friday night. "We had plans for Easter and God had other plans" said Bellinger. Thirty-one people who were watching Passion of the Christ at the church took shelter in the basement, hiding under tables and in the bathrooms, as the tornado slammed into the church. No one was seriously hurt in the incident. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Saturday April 23, 2011--Larry Doggett, left, and his daughter Joni Bellinger salvage a bible from the debris in the sancuary of the Ferguson Christian Church after a tornado ripped the roof off the church on Friday night. "We had plans for Easter and God had other plans" said Bellinger. Thirty-one people who were watching Passion of the Christ at the church took shelter in the basement, hiding under tables and in the bathrooms, as the tornado slammed into the church. No one was seriously hurt in the incident. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-MetroLink-Expansion-1_1.jpg Friday July 25, 2003--Local 396 Iron Worker Crystal Farris, of Bourbon, Mo., climbs out of a rebar cage that will be sunk into the ground and filled with concrete to create the foundation for a bridge in the MetroLink expansion project on Forest Park Parkway. Photo By David Carson/PD Friday July 25, 2003--Local 396 Iron Worker Crystal Farris, of Bourbon, Mo., climbs out of a rebar cage that will be sunk into the ground and filled with concrete to create the foundation for a bridge in the MetroLink expansion project on Forest Park Parkway. Photo By David Carson/PD https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Search.jpg Tuesday May 6, 2008--Friends and family members of 27-year-old Keith R. Fietsam of Winfield, Mo. console each other down by the side of the Missouri River after rescuers called off a four and a half hour search for Fietsam around 11:30 AM on Tuesday. Fietsam and a friend were crossing the Centaur Chute of the Missouri River when their canoe capsized as they were attempting to cross over to the Howell Island Conservation area to hunt turkeys. The strong current on river surprised the hunters as it sucked the boat into turbulant water, pictured to the right. Fietsam's hunting partner Leo Geringer clung to the boat and was able to make it to shore. Rescue workers presume Fietsam is dead. Divers will resume efforts to find Fietsam's body on Wednesay morning. David Carson | Post-Dispatch Tuesday May 6, 2008--Friends and family members of 27-year-old Keith R. Fietsam of Winfield, Mo. console each other down by the side of the Missouri River after rescuers called off a four and a half hour search for Fietsam around 11:30 AM on Tuesday. Fietsam and a friend were crossing the Centaur Chute of the Missouri River when their canoe capsized as they were attempting to cross over to the Howell Island Conservation area to hunt turkeys. The strong current on river surprised the hunters as it sucked the boat into turbulant water, pictured to the right. Fietsam's hunting partner Leo Geringer clung to the boat and was able to make it to shore. Rescue workers presume Fietsam is dead. Divers will resume efforts to find Fietsam's body on Wednesay morning. David Carson | Post-Dispatch https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Police-Chase615b.jpg Monday June 15, 2009--A suspect in police custody listens to commands from a Granite City Police officer after being arrested at the end of bi-state high speed vehicle chase that ended in the area around Monroe St. and N. 14th St. on Monday. The three suspects in a Ford Excursion, all arrested at the end of the chase, were wanted for an abaduction from Godfrey. According to police the suspects vehilce rammed a Granite City police officers car during the chase. Police recovered a hand gun from the suspects vehicle. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Monday June 15, 2009--A suspect in police custody listens to commands from a Granite City Police officer after being arrested at the end of bi-state high speed vehicle chase that ended in the area around Monroe St. and N. 14th St. on Monday. The three suspects in a Ford Excursion, all arrested at the end of the chase, were wanted for an abaduction from Godfrey. According to police the suspects vehilce rammed a Granite City police officers car during the chase. Police recovered a hand gun from the suspects vehicle. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Flu-Season.jpg Friday January 14, 2011--Donna Mielenz, a medical technologist in the virology lab at St. John's Mercy, uses a fluorescence microscope to examine slides for viruses on Friday. The lab at St. Johns has been getting busier as the flu season begins ramping up. "We're peaking now" said Mielenz. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Friday January 14, 2011--Donna Mielenz, a medical technologist in the virology lab at St. John's Mercy, uses a fluorescence microscope to examine slides for viruses on Friday. The lab at St. Johns has been getting busier as the flu season begins ramping up. "We're peaking now" said Mielenz. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/IL-DC-JERSEY-CO-FATAL-FI.jpg News | Simple Image Page View News by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/47-CD-DC-Corrections-Officers.jpg Monday June 4, 2009--Peggy Lynn "Pumpkin" O'Neal, walks out of the Eagleton Federal Courthouse after being arraigned on federal charges for allegedly smuggling heroin into the St. Louis Justice Center downtown. O'Neal and two other corrections officers were arrested after the indictment was unsealed this morning. According to prosecutors on four occasions from January through early March, the guards got heroin and cash from someone outside the jail and brought it to an inmate inside St. Louis Justice Center downtown. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Monday June 4, 2009--Peggy Lynn "Pumpkin" O'Neal, walks out of the Eagleton Federal Courthouse after being arraigned on federal charges for allegedly smuggling heroin into the St. Louis Justice Center downtown. O'Neal and two other corrections officers were arrested after the indictment was unsealed this morning. According to prosecutors on four occasions from January through early March, the guards got heroin and cash from someone outside the jail and brought it to an inmate inside St. Louis Justice Center downtown. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/00011184-GNN-003.jpg 00011184-GNN-003 Leighann Johnson, left, Shonnie Branom, Judeia Jones, Sanosa Berry, Marla Johnson and Aaliyah Hawkins morn Joseph “Bam Bam” Long during a community prayer service for Long, slain police Sgt. William McEntee, and McEntee’s accused murderer Kevin Johnson in Kirkwood, Mo.. Johnson shot McEntee after an early incident in the nighborhood during which "Bam Bam" collapsed and died from a heart condition. About 800 people gathered at the intersection of Alsobrook and Orleans streets on Saturday. After praying at the intersection the group marched up to the site where the officer was shot and then over to the memorial outside of Long’s house. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Floodway-erosion1.jpg Friday June 17, 2011--Farm workers Charles Haydon, left, Joe Aycock, center, and Jessie Soto look over the damage caused to some farm land near O'Bryan's Ridge in the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway. The erosion of the land was caused by rushing floodwater from when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers activated the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway by breaching a levee in Mississippi County with explosives in May. The workers are employed by farmer Mark Dugan, not pictured, and the land the workers are standing on is farmed by Ed Marshall, whose land is next to Dugan's land. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Friday June 17, 2011--Farm workers Charles Haydon, left, Joe Aycock, center, and Jessie Soto look over the damage caused to some farm land near O'Bryan's Ridge in the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway. The erosion of the land was caused by rushing floodwater from when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers activated the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway by breaching a levee in Mississippi County with explosives in May. The workers are employed by farmer Mark Dugan, not pictured, and the land the workers are standing on is farmed by Ed Marshall, whose land is next to Dugan's land. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/44-CD-DC-Flash-Flood1crx.jpg Friday May 8, 2009--Gary Chhina(cq) opens the door to his family's Shell gas station after flash flood waters rushed filled the store with about 2 feet of water near the intersection of Interstate 55 and State Highway Y in Bloomsdale on Friday afternoon. Heavy rains swelled Establishment Creek and it rapidly rose forcing police to close Interstate 55 in both directions at one point. David Carson • dcarson@post-dispatch.com Friday May 8, 2009--Gary Chhina(cq) opens the door to his family's Shell gas station after flash flood waters rushed filled the store with about 2 feet of water near the intersection of Interstate 55 and State Highway Y in Bloomsdale on Friday afternoon. Heavy rains swelled Establishment Creek and it rapidly rose forcing police to close Interstate 55 in both directions at one point. David Carson • dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Homicide-Vigila.jpg Thursday December 31, 2009--Byron Blassingame Jr., left, and Darrion Bassingame Jr., right, are comforted by their grandmother Jacqueline Heard, center, as the names of the 145 murder victims from the city of St. Louis are read aloud during the 18th Annual Families Advocating Safe Streets candle light service to remember 2009's murder victims at El Bethel Church of God in Christ on Thursday in St. Louis. Heard's son Byron Blassingame Sr. was shot and killed along with two other men in the same SUV as they were waiting at stop light near Union Station on May 8, 2009. Byron Jr. was Byron Blassingame Sr.'s son and Darrion Blassingame Jr. was his nephew. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Thursday December 31, 2009--Byron Blassingame Jr., left, and Darrion Bassingame Jr., right, are comforted by their grandmother Jacqueline Heard, center, as the names of the 145 murder victims from the city of St. Louis are read aloud during the 18th Annual Families Advocating Safe Streets candle light service to remember 2009's murder victims at El Bethel Church of God in Christ on Thursday in St. Louis. Heard's son Byron Blassingame Sr. was shot and killed along with two other men in the same SUV as they were waiting at stop light near Union Station on May 8, 2009. Byron Jr. was Byron Blassingame Sr.'s son and Darrion Blassingame Jr. was his nephew. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/60-07-CarsD-02_2.jpg Juveniles at the Madison Co. Illinois Juvenile Detention Center line up to be transported to court. The county is expanding the center to accomdate more juveniles. Juveniles at the Madison Co. Illinois Juvenile Detention Center line up to be transported to court. The county is expanding the center to accomdate more juveniles. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Meat-Fire-4.jpg Thursday January 27, 2011--Fire fighters pull deer sausage out of the smoker at Wenneman's Meat Market as they overhaul the building and put out hot spot from a fire that gutted the business on early Thursday morning. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Thursday January 27, 2011--Fire fighters pull deer sausage out of the smoker at Wenneman's Meat Market as they overhaul the building and put out hot spot from a fire that gutted the business on early Thursday morning. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/mn2jkipp0531.jpg KIPP: Inspire Academy science teacher John Armstead (left) wipes tears from the eyes of Brittany King after King stopped to thank him for teaching her at the end of the promotion ceremony at Washington University on Friday, May 24, 2013. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com KIPP: Inspire Academy science teacher John Armstead (left) wipes tears from the eyes of Brittany King after King stopped to thank him for teaching her at the end of the promotion ceremony at Washington University on Friday, May 24, 2013. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/new-CD-DC-Pine-Lawn-Flee.jpg Monday June 2, 2008--Pine Lawn police officer Matthew Meinen leaps off a fence in pursuit of a suspect who fled from police that were patroling a Pine Lawn neighborhood in golf carts. Meinen was called to scene to in his patrol car to assist when the subjects fled. David Carson | Post-Dispatch Monday June 2, 2008--Pine Lawn police officer Matthew Meinen leaps off a fence in pursuit of a suspect who fled from police that were patroling a Pine Lawn neighborhood in golf carts. Meinen was called to scene to in his patrol car to assist when the subjects fled. David Carson | Post-Dispatch https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/130909-DC-Hot-Fi-20209864.jpg St. Louis fire fighter Ken Walters, with Truck 6, cools off with some water leaking from a fire hose after he helped put out a house fire in the 2000 block of McCausland Avenue in St. Louis on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. "It was really cooking in there" said Walters who was one of the first fire fighters in house battling the flames. All the residents of the home escape safely and one was hurt in the one alarm fire. Additional help from Maplewood and Richmond Heights fire departments was called to the scene as precaution against Monday's hot weather. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com St. Louis fire fighter Ken Walters, with Truck 6, cools off with some water leaking from a fire hose after he helped put out a house fire in the 2000 block of McCausland Avenue in St. Louis on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. "It was really cooking in there" said Walters who was one of the first fire fighters in house battling the flames. All the residents of the home escape safely and one was hurt in the one alarm fire. Additional help from Maplewood and Richmond Heights fire departments was called to the scene as precaution against Monday's hot weather. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_3ap0yl43_h0adkd_221024-DC-Shooting-School-02.jpg Shooting reported at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School High School students were evactuated to the Schunks parking lot from the Central Visual & Performing Arts High School after a reported shooting at the school in in south St. Louis on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_3ap0yl43_aksflo_221025-DC-Warehouse-Fire17A.jpg Wind-fueled, five-alarm blaze rips through St. Louis warehouse As sparks and burning debris rain down around him a St. Louis firefighter climbs a ladder to direct water into a raging five-alarm fire in a five-story warehouse at North First and O'Fallon streets in St. Louis on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. The fire caused the building to collapse in a heap of rubble. 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Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Middle School students from Nipher Middle School in Kirkwood walk a well worn path that leads them across a set of railroad tracks on their way home after school on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. Everyday more than a dozen students take the same path across the tracks as they walk both to and from school. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/02-CD-DC-Train-Cam-Dad1.jpg Darryl Vennard (right) holds back tears as he listens to his son Ben Vennard playing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" in a tribute Cam Vennard, Darryl's son and Ben's brother, during memorial concert in Cam's honor on July 12, 2012 in Kirkwood. Cam, 14, was walking along the tracks east of downtown Kirkwood when he was struck and killed by westbound train in May of 2012. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Darryl Vennard (right) holds back tears as he listens to his son Ben Vennard playing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" in a tribute Cam Vennard, Darryl's son and Ben's brother, during memorial concert in Cam's honor on July 12, 2012 in Kirkwood. Cam, 14, was walking along the tracks east of downtown Kirkwood when he was struck and killed by westbound train in May of 2012. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/03-Killed-by-Trains.jpg Cam Vennard, Mary Gaffney, Anna Marie Stickel, and Kristen Bowen all killed on train tracks. Cam Vennard, Mary Gaffney, Anna Marie Stickel, and Kristen Bowen all killed on train tracks. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/04-CD-DC-Train-Inside-out.jpg Conductor Doug Lanier keeps an eye out the front window of a train as it rolls through a street crossing in O'Fallon, Mo. on Wednesday July 11, 2012. The train ride Lanier was on was part of training ride for police officers taking part in an Operation Lifesaver training session. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Conductor Doug Lanier keeps an eye out the front window of a train as it rolls through a street crossing in O'Fallon, Mo. on Wednesday July 11, 2012. The train ride Lanier was on was part of training ride for police officers taking part in an Operation Lifesaver training session. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/05-CD-DC-Train-Sign-down.jpg A no trespassing along the Union Pacific line in Kirkwood is over grown with weeds, as seen on Sunday, Dec, 9, 2012, near the spot where Cam Vennard was killed by a train as he walked along the tracks in May of 2012. The sign was put up shortly after Cam was killed and was flattened to the ground a few weeks later, where it has remained ever since. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A no trespassing along the Union Pacific line in Kirkwood is over grown with weeds, as seen on Sunday, Dec, 9, 2012, near the spot where Cam Vennard was killed by a train as he walked along the tracks in May of 2012. The sign was put up shortly after Cam was killed and was flattened to the ground a few weeks later, where it has remained ever since. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/06-CD-DC-Train-Cam-Friend-Jump.jpg Austin Huster, 16, crosses the train tracks near where Cam Vennard, 14, was killed by a train on his way to a memorial concert, Cam Jam, in Cam's honor on July 12, 2012 in Kirkwood. Cam, 14, was walking along the tracks east of downtown Kirkwood when he was struck and killed by westbound train in May of 2012. After crossing the tracks Huster and a friend stopped by a make shift memorial for Cam and then continued walking to the concert. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Austin Huster, 16, crosses the train tracks near where Cam Vennard, 14, was killed by a train on his way to a memorial concert, Cam Jam, in Cam's honor on July 12, 2012 in Kirkwood. Cam, 14, was walking along the tracks east of downtown Kirkwood when he was struck and killed by westbound train in May of 2012. After crossing the tracks Huster and a friend stopped by a make shift memorial for Cam and then continued walking to the concert. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/07-CD-DC-Trains-Kirkwood-Station.jpg An Amtrak train rolls into the Kirkwood station on it's scheduled run to Kansas City on Saturday, June 23, 2012. The city of Kirkwood fought to keep it's Amtrak station open, arranging for volunteers to staff to station when Amtrak wanted to close it. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com An Amtrak train rolls into the Kirkwood station on it's scheduled run to Kansas City on Saturday, June 23, 2012. The city of Kirkwood fought to keep it's Amtrak station open, arranging for volunteers to staff to station when Amtrak wanted to close it. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/08-CD-DC-Trains-Tressel-wide-1-.jpg A pair of pedestrians walk across a train trestle with a stopped train on it in Castlewood State Park in St. Louis County on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. The trestle was the site of accident in 1999 involving a mother, Jessica Blair, who was killed and her four year-old son, Dillion Blair who was injured. The couple did not want to be identified. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A pair of pedestrians walk across a train trestle with a stopped train on it in Castlewood State Park in St. Louis County on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. The trestle was the site of accident in 1999 involving a mother, Jessica Blair, who was killed and her four year-old son, Dillion Blair who was injured. The couple did not want to be identified. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/09-CD-DC-Trains-Villa-Park-Memorial.jpg A freight train rolls along the tracks in Villa Park, Ill. on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012 past a memorial for a middle school girl who was killed by a train in 1988. Heather Hayes was 14 when she was struck and killed by a train while walking home from school. Almost twenty year after Hayes' death community reaction to another train fatality involving a different 14 year-old, Kristen Bowen, helped get fences put up along the tracks near the middle school and a nearby park. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A freight train rolls along the tracks in Villa Park, Ill. on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012 past a memorial for a middle school girl who was killed by a train in 1988. Heather Hayes was 14 when she was struck and killed by a train while walking home from school. Almost twenty year after Hayes' death community reaction to another train fatality involving a different 14 year-old, Kristen Bowen, helped get fences put up along the tracks near the middle school and a nearby park. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/10-Tressel-Dad.jpg Michael Nurmela hold back tears on Friday Nov. 16, 2012 as he sits with his wife Sherry Nurmela and recounts the day his stepdaughter, Jessica Blair, was struck and killed by a train in 1999. Jessica's picture can be seen in the upper right of the photo and the family still keeps of scrap book of her pictures in the living room. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Michael Nurmela hold back tears on Friday Nov. 16, 2012 as he sits with his wife Sherry Nurmela and recounts the day his stepdaughter, Jessica Blair, was struck and killed by a train in 1999. Jessica's picture can be seen in the upper right of the photo and the family still keeps of scrap book of her pictures in the living room. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/11-CD-DC-Trains-Maplewood1.jpg Scott Hagen, 25, walks through a path worn through the thorn bushes after crossing the train tracks on the way from his apartment to the Metrolink station to take him to work on Tuesday Nov. 13, 2012. The crossing is marked with no trespassing signs those signs are generally ignored or go unnoticed by pedestrians crossing the tracks. Hagen says he takes the short cut because it's quicker than walking around to the underpass. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Scott Hagen, 25, walks through a path worn through the thorn bushes after crossing the train tracks on the way from his apartment to the Metrolink station to take him to work on Tuesday Nov. 13, 2012. The crossing is marked with no trespassing signs those signs are generally ignored or go unnoticed by pedestrians crossing the tracks. Hagen says he takes the short cut because it's quicker than walking around to the underpass. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/12-CD-DC-Train-Villa-Park-.jpg A memorial for Kristen Bowen, who was struck and killed by a train as she crossed the tracks walking from her home to this park in Villa Park, Ill. in 2006, sits beside a fence that now stands between the park and the tracks. Bowen's death was used to rally the support of local residents to put up fences along train tracks in the city. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A memorial for Kristen Bowen, who was struck and killed by a train as she crossed the tracks walking from her home to this park in Villa Park, Ill. in 2006, sits beside a fence that now stands between the park and the tracks. Bowen's death was used to rally the support of local residents to put up fences along train tracks in the city. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/13-CD-DC-Train-Gaffney-01.jpg Walter Gaffney holds a picture of his 17-year-old daughter Mary Gaffney on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, along the set of tracks where she was hit and killed by a train in Riverdale Park, Md.. Mary Gaffney and two other people were killed by trains the same day as 14-year-old Cam Vennard, from Kirkwood, was stuck and killed by a train. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Walter Gaffney holds a picture of his 17-year-old daughter Mary Gaffney on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, along the set of tracks where she was hit and killed by a train in Riverdale Park, Md.. Mary Gaffney and two other people were killed by trains the same day as 14-year-old Cam Vennard, from Kirkwood, was stuck and killed by a train. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/14-CD-DC-Train-Riverdale-Park-1.jpg A CSX freight train rolls along a set of tracks on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 in Riverdale Park, Md., at the spot where a man, 41-year-old Bradford Bacon, was struck and killed by a train in March of 2011. Bacon's death was ruled a suicide, but his family doesn't believe that. Bacon's sister, Jessica Bacon, pointed out that CSX told the Federal Railroad Administration that her brother was lying on the tracks when he was hit. But a county police spokesman said the train's video showed the victim standing with both arms raised. The area has several well worn paths cut by pedestrians crossing the tracks. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A CSX freight train rolls along a set of tracks on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 in Riverdale Park, Md., at the spot where a man, 41-year-old Bradford Bacon, was struck and killed by a train in March of 2011. Bacon's death was ruled a suicide, but his family doesn't believe that. Bacon's sister, Jessica Bacon, pointed out that CSX told the Federal Railroad Administration that her brother was lying on the tracks when he was hit. But a county police spokesman said the train's video showed the victim standing with both arms raised. The area has several well worn paths cut by pedestrians crossing the tracks. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/15-mn2jrailroad1210.jpg A man carrying a baby stroller across a set of train tracks in Hyattsville, Md., is stopped by CXS railroad police on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Even though the officer was only in the area performing surveillance of the tracks on an unrelated investigation he said he feels compelled to stop people who are trespassing when he sees it. The man with the stroller, who did not want to be identified, was given a warning by the police. Two fatalities have occurred in the area where the man crossed the tracks. There are several no trespassing signs posted along either side of the tracks. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A man carrying a baby stroller across a set of train tracks in Hyattsville, Md., is stopped by CXS railroad police on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Even though the officer was only in the area performing surveillance of the tracks on an unrelated investigation he said he feels compelled to stop people who are trespassing when he sees it. The man with the stroller, who did not want to be identified, was given a warning by the police. Two fatalities have occurred in the area where the man crossed the tracks. There are several no trespassing signs posted along either side of the tracks. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/16-CD-DC-Cows-Trains-1.jpg A Canadian Pacific train rolls by a barbed wire fence as it passes farmer Jerry Gibson's cows and calves eating their morning hay at his farm outside of Newtown, Mo., on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Missouri is one of 26 states that have laws saying railroads are liable for livestock struck by trains along unfenced tracks. Gibson's lawyer sent a letter to Canadian Pacific demanding the railroad put up a fence after four of his cows were killed by trains in 2011. Months later the railroad installed about mile of fencing to protect the cows. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A Canadian Pacific train rolls by a barbed wire fence as it passes farmer Jerry Gibson's cows and calves eating their morning hay at his farm outside of Newtown, Mo., on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Missouri is one of 26 states that have laws saying railroads are liable for livestock struck by trains along unfenced tracks. Gibson's lawyer sent a letter to Canadian Pacific demanding the railroad put up a fence after four of his cows were killed by trains in 2011. Months later the railroad installed about mile of fencing to protect the cows. 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