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DerpytheH t1_irgtjg3 wrote

Reply to comment by theGnomad in TIL of Joseph Trombino, a security guard who survived the 1981 Brink’s robbery in Nyack, NY. He continued working for the company for the next 20 years, was nearly killed in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and was ultimately killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks. by schmo_hawk

Yeah, while I get it could definitely be conspiracy fodder, this turn of events does make sense.

Dude works private security, survives a televised and serious armed robbery. Stays at the same company, and becomes valued enough to work security for another high value asset, since he has experience surviving in stressful and emergent scenarios. Same thing happens, gets assigned to a similarly high value asset, and it gets attacked. This time, he unfortunately doesn't survive.

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ns930 t1_irigyt0 wrote

I appreciate your logic here.

But it's kinda more fun to believe he pissed off Zeus or something.

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fell-deeds-awake t1_irh1rhk wrote

No, see, you're not actually supposed to believe to the conspiracies posted here....

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LukeyLeukocyte t1_irhhew7 wrote

What part of what he wrote sounded like he was believing the conspiracy posts?

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DerpytheH t1_irhi3pc wrote

Yeah, for the record, I don't believe in any conspiracy theories. It just makes sense to me that someone who has experience being a private security officer when it comes to assets of high importance (Like a large set of commerce buildings in a financial district) would be trusted with being ground security for another asset of high importance.

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LukeyLeukocyte t1_irhny6z wrote

I am on your side. I also think it makes sense. That's why I don't get why that guy responded to you like you were drinking the conspiracy Kool-aid when you were kinda doing the opposite - being rational and applying deductive logic to what appears to be a "too-crazy" coincidence.

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