Passengers carrying luggage had to clamber down ladders on to the tracks and then back up on to the rescue train that arrived alongside.

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In fact, there are some early, early flight simulators on the Boardwalk at Coney Island back in the '40s that the military used to train potential pilots.

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"This round can't do me any harm, " said Dyson, who flew back from Chicago on Monday night, then caught another flight to Prague and after that had to take a train to Ostrava.

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He was on the train back to his office two years ago after leading a coaching session when the thought struck him that he needed to follow his own advice and move out of his own comfort zone.

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By the time that happened, about four hours after the race had begun, Wittenberg was on board a train back to New York.

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