Remember this poignant account about a man who wrote farewell notes to his wife and kids in blood after being injured during the Glendale train wreck?

There’s a follow-up today from the Associated Press, among other media outlets, which covered a press conference held by the blood-writer who survived his injuries:

The seriously injured passenger who used his own blood to scrawl a love message in the wreckage of a derailed train said he thought he was writing last words to his family.

“I don’t know why I did it. I didn’t think they would see it,” John Phipps said Thursday.

Phipps, 44, spent a week in the hospital with internal bleeding and head and groin injuries after he was pinned under the wreckage during the Jan. 26 disaster in neighboring Glendale.

Phipps, who walked on crutches, revealed his identity Thursday at a news conference where he was flanked by about a dozen firefighters who took part in the train rescue. He thanked them and called them heroes…

Very moving. Photos of the press conference here.

As for the suspect in the case, Juan Manuel Alvarez, he may face the death penalty. As for questions about his immigration status, some news outlets have reported that he is a U.S. citizen, but I still have not received confirmation of that from either the Glendale P.D. or the L.A. County D.A.’s office.