    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book I)]
    [February 17, 1996]
    [Page 296]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on the Railroad Accident in Silver Spring, Maryland
    February 17, 1996

        Today all Americans extend our thoughts and prayers to the families
    of the people who died in the train crash last night. We are working
    hard to find out what caused this tragedy.
        Several young men and women who died were Job Corps trainees,
    returning from a training center in West Virginia--taking a journey of
    personal responsibility. They were working hard to better themselves,
    and we salute their lives as we mourn their deaths.