As passengers disembarked from a FrontRunner train at the Salt Lake Central Station on Tuesday morning, they were directed past a triage center, where a couple dozen people in burned and bloody makeup were being evaluated by EMTs.
Emergency responders from the Utah Transit Authority, Amtrak, the Salt Lake City police and fire departments and other agencies participated in the drill to strengthen a potential response to an emergency, in this case, a terrorist attack.
“We want all the chaos and the mess and the learning to happen today. We want it to happen in these kind of scenarios so that — heaven forbid — a real life scenario with mass casualties happens, we’re more prepared for it,” said UTA safety officer Daniel Riley.