Was there an interpreter available at the time? if not, there probably wasn’t time, in the reporter’s mind, to go find one, since the news industry is so time-intensive and operates on deadlines.

But one can only wish, especially me as a journalist, that there were more reporters who knew how to approach deaf people and how important it is to get their opinion on deaf-related stuff. I think a lot of them don’t really realize that because they haven’t been exposed or educated about that.

I agree with you that there needs to be more awareness about the hazards of trains and using pagers in surroundings that could become dangerous through inattention.

But how would you go about educating others? Yes, we can educate our family and friends. But what about people whose family/friends don’t care or don’t see the importance? Do we just let them go and hope they find out on their own?