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The Long Island Incident (1998)

The Long Island Incident (1998)

Drama Crime TV Movie
Release Date: 1998, May 3
Directors: Joseph Sargent
Countries: United States of America
Production: Columbia TriStar Television, Barwood Films
Cast: Laurie Metcalf, Peter MacNeill, Peter Mensah, Bill Lake, Tyrone Benskin, John Boylan, Lawrence Dane, Greg Ellwand, Elisa Moolecherry, Nancy Beatty, Cedric Smith, Mackenzie Astin

Overview:

On December 7, 1993, a gunman opened fire in a crowded commuter train on Long Island. This fact-based story focuses on the events that swell around Carolyn McCarthy, a woman whose husband is killed and her 26 year old son is severely wounded in the massacre. The result is she is forced out of her comfortable suburban existence and she becomes an out-spoken crusader against assault weapons. The film shifts from her perspective to the mind of the killer and finally to the media frenzy that surrounds both.

Keywords:

based on true story mass murder long island, new york true crime railroad