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My hero is a bus thief - Houston Chronicle (Priceless Photo)
Houston Chronicle ^ | Sept. 1, 2005, 10:29PM | By RICK CASEY

Posted on 09/04/2005 10:39:33 AM PDT by joinedafterattack

"When he arrived at the Astrodome about 10 p.m. Wednesday, 20-year-old Jabbar Gibson modestly confessed that he had commandeered a school bus in New Orleans, then picked up about 70 passengers before heading out for the 13-hour trek to Houston." <!-- DIV.b2 { margin: .75em 0px; } -->

Jabbar Gibson rescues NO citizens on 8-31-05


New Orleans school buses:

New Orleans public transit buses:

Count 'em and weep...


(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: buses; busing; evacuation; hero; jabbargibson; katrina; nagin; neworleans
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To: Itzlzha; UPcrawfish
What?!


Great find. Copied and saved.


Thank you much.



141 posted on 09/04/2005 2:19:30 PM PDT by G.Mason
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To: joinedafterattack

Give Jabbar Gibson the mayor's paycheck!


142 posted on 09/04/2005 2:19:44 PM PDT by GVnana
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To: Honeybunch
a career in business management, or human resources, or public relations --whatever he might be inclined to pursue. Somebody should organize that.

I agree. This kid is worthy of help.

143 posted on 09/04/2005 2:21:39 PM PDT by GVnana
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To: Rusty0604
"but who would drive them?' I just walked away.

oh-my-gawd... how pathetic is that? but it's funny that you just walked away... why bother with such mentality...

144 posted on 09/04/2005 2:28:49 PM PDT by latina4dubya
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To: joinedafterattack
praise God!

in any disaster, there is always SOMEONE who steps up to the plate and shines heroically... Jabbar Gibson is that person in this catastrophe... tears come to my eyes when i look at that picture of him driving that bus with those people in it... this story has restored something in my soul...

145 posted on 09/04/2005 2:33:23 PM PDT by latina4dubya
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To: metmom
Now the school has at least one bus if it ever reopens.

Priceless...What a great line.

This kid should be doing the morning TV shows as a hero. I know this will never happen but their is hope.

~keep hope alive~

146 posted on 09/04/2005 2:43:50 PM PDT by Major_Risktaker
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To: Xenalyte

I like your uncle Jimmy already.

Sadly, I'm saddled with an automatic right now. Can't wait to get rid of it.


147 posted on 09/04/2005 2:44:33 PM PDT by cyclotic (Cub Scouts-Teach 'em young to be men, and politically incorrect in the process)
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To: Arkinsaw

>>I suspect it has something to do with how he was raised by his mother.

And his father, I bet.


148 posted on 09/04/2005 2:46:51 PM PDT by Graymatter
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To: savedbygrace
The question is: Will he be charged with a crime? I heard he might be.

For what, the crime of not consulting a lawyer first or the crime of using common sense?

149 posted on 09/04/2005 2:55:35 PM PDT by Major_Risktaker
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To: UPcrawfish
After 3&#64257; hours of trying to get information and after talking to the other systems represented, a West Monroe police officer talked with a National Guardsman who said there was no certainty the group would be allowed into the city on Friday, Saturday or even Sunday

Why would the National Guardsman say that? Who was preventing help from not entering NOLA?

I heard many other citizens heading down to help in NOLA were also turn away. WHY?

This is the $64,000 dollar question.

150 posted on 09/04/2005 3:16:39 PM PDT by Major_Risktaker
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To: GretchenM
Sounds like my old Boy Scout patrol. They gave me and my brother all the JD's. So we worked with that. Third best patrol in our district, out of a few hundred in one two-day competition.

How ever did we learn semaphore so fast? We cheated! I made sure we got a few letters wrong, too. We did a few other things, positive and negative. Threw at least one tough competing patrol off -- faked a staged "rescue" they had to do so that they missed the real one.

Later I joined the Order of the Arrow, they had an pre-entry overnighter test where you had to sleep out on your own, and do a bunch of tests and such. I was a rainy night, you had to have a blazing fire going by 11pm. I was one of the only ones to have a fire -- why? I used small parrifin firelogs I had boiled together at home with rolled newspaper and candle parrifin. Made them to look like fat twigs. It worked.

152 posted on 09/04/2005 3:28:58 PM PDT by bvw
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To: joinedafterattack

This, ladies and gentlemen, is your first real hero of the situation.

153 posted on 09/04/2005 3:35:54 PM PDT by JRios1968 (We're no longer the "Knights Who Say Ni")
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To: GoodWithBarbarians JustForKaos

Depends on the ammo budget.


154 posted on 09/04/2005 4:01:32 PM PDT by JustAnotherOkie
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To: feefee
Depending on the size, they can probably carry 35-40 people.

If you follow the rules

155 posted on 09/04/2005 4:19:42 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Seriousness lends force to bad arguments. - P J O'Rourke)
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To: joinedafterattack

You go, Jabbar! Woo-hoo! Drove the bus to Houston, alright!!


156 posted on 09/04/2005 4:32:01 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Pray for President Bush and for Our Country)
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To: joinedafterattack

Finally, someone in New Orleans with leadership skills.


157 posted on 09/04/2005 4:36:37 PM PDT by AlGone2001 (Two supreme court vacancies. Hopefully more on the way.)
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To: Oztrich Boy
If you follow the rules

true

I should have used the term 'seating capacity'

158 posted on 09/04/2005 4:51:50 PM PDT by feefee (rovian salt carrier)
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To: joinedafterattack

This kid deserves a medal!


159 posted on 09/04/2005 4:58:31 PM PDT by Kokojmudd (Outsource Federal Judiciary and US Senate to India, NOW!)
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To: Rusty0604

I saw the young man being interviewed and he was asked if he had ever driven a bus before and he said no. He picked up people along the way and got around 80 to safety. God bless him. A hero for sure.


160 posted on 09/04/2005 5:03:46 PM PDT by mountainfolk (God bless President George Bush)
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