Howard Permut

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FILE - In this May 18, 2013, file photo, Metro-North Railroad president Howard Permut gets ready to descend a ladder after touring the scene of the train derailment in Bridgeport, Conn. Permut, who helped form the Metro-North Railroad in 1983, said Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, that he would retire as its president at the end of the month, following a year of problems for the nation’s second-busiest railroad, including the first passenger deaths of its 31-year history. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham, File) MANDATORY CREDIT