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    My wiki is all about Saint Louis Union Station 

  In the past Saint Louis Union Station has had its ups and its downs. Like, being one of the most famous train stations in the U.S. or having one of the worst train wrecks in the world.   Why was Union Station so Popular:

Why was Union Station so popular, all the people ask? The answer is very simple. It was in the MIDDLE of a BIG City, where train was the best way to travel out of the city without being cought in big time traffic. Also the train ride price was one of the best in the nation. So if you wanted a trip that didn't make you pay a lot, you drove in from a neighboring state to get to the train station and go.

The Train Wreck: Have you ever wondered why St. Louis Union Station is no longer a train station. Well, it would be best if you your told the story from someone else's point of view. Someone who was in the train wreck, the only survivor with a twist in my words. I was just a little girl when it happened. I was on my way to New York City when I was told I had to lay on the ground and not make noise. I did as I was told but I seemed to hear people scream, I felt as if I was all alone, only I was. AlI could think about was what is happening? Why is everyone screaming? For the longest time, I couldn't breath, I couldn't see, and all the blood was rushing to my head. I was on a stretcher on my way to the hospital. All the people were on one to, the people I saw, weren't breathing. I didn't know if I was breathing. I might as well not be breathind ether since I couldn't move a bone in my body, but the only thing that kept me hanging on was my goal, to see Lady Liberty. I over herd the surgeons talking"I think she's alive, I really do, the only one. At least we saved one. The only one, the only one" kept being said in the back of my mind. How can I be the only one out of 102 people? But, the most important question, what happened? As soon as I had woken up, I asked that very question. They both answered," You were in a train wreck. The train tipped on its side and everyone died but you. They all got hurt or got blood clots were made in there brains something along the lines of that". All of these questions rushed through my head, but I didn't have the energy to say them. After one night in the hospital, I was able to speak normal, but I still couldn't move. As soon as I walked out the hospital doors, I just had to figure out were I was. Suddenly, I found i sign that said," New York City" I was overwhelmed with the sight I was there. I had made it! It was amazing.

THE END! Of the Story!

Present day St. Louis Union Station:

The Mall: The mall inside Saint Louis Union Station was build in the very place the trains ran through, you can say that the mall has no meaning. You are wrong it has meaning, the meaning, well it represents all of the amazing beauty things that Union Station has always had. The mall has most modern day shops. But there is a few olden day shops, like the gift shop from the original train station. There are also many things to do such as a putt putt course and a jumper.

The Hotel: The hotel has been there since the start. It was updated when the mall was made. The rooms are suites. The reason why it has always been there is an easy question to answer, there were many people at the train station at the time tying to find a place to stay. Easy Enough.



    

The hotel is not a new hotel. It was actually built because of all of the people coming in and out of the station. The hotel was kept when the mall was built because of all of the people coming to see the new what there old train station was turned into. After a look around the mall the people that drove in from different states had nowhere to go, so they stayed at the beautiful hotel inside the new mall. In the morning they would go home. Now the hotel is visited by people around the U.S.A because they would to like to see the architecture and so they have nowhere to go and they decide to stay. <span style="font-size: 99%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Resources: [|Saint Louis Union Station] <span style="font-size: 108%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> [|Saint Louis Union Stations BIG Story] [|What other people think about the mall] Books: Tour book Missouri by:Jean F. Blashfild Missouri by:Mary Ellen Lago