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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: joinedafterattack

The sad thing is that decades of welfare culture in New Orleans left it with damn few men like Mr. Gibson capable of taking command of the situation. In most communities, the men would have gotten things organized and figured out what needed to be done, and done it. In New Orleans, it seems the men were all looting and shooting, while the women and children drowned and starved and the old folks died.


81 posted on 09/04/2005 12:10:08 PM PDT by Dems_R_Losers (2,4,6,8 - a burka makes me look overweight!)
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To: UPcrawfish

please reread your link. Those buses were turned away after the hurricane. just a friendly heads up.


82 posted on 09/04/2005 12:11:00 PM PDT by lrb111
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To: kitkat
"I should have added that he was the FIRST one to get a bus to the Astrodome, which just proves that others could have done it sooner."

Bump ya, kitkat!

83 posted on 09/04/2005 12:11:00 PM PDT by Miss Behave (Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
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To: flixxx
Exactly. And his pick of jobs, 'cause you know he'll do 'em.
84 posted on 09/04/2005 12:16:36 PM PDT by JasonC
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To: Ronaldus Magnus
If anyone wants to take the lead and put a scholarship together for this kid to go to bus driver's school to get his Commercial Driver's License (assuming he doesn't already have one or a better profession), please count me in for a donation.

Why would you waste money on getting him a CDL, when his own experience has demonstrated that such paperwork is only so much anti-competitive BS taxation nonsense, and that anyone with half a brain and ordinary drivers' license training can drive a 70-passenger bus safely? Remember, it was a CDL-operated bus that flipped over on the freeway.

85 posted on 09/04/2005 12:21:09 PM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: Honeybunch
Yes, I agree that the young man has leadership qualities, but we don't have the benefit of knowing what say he would have in the matter.

He might be more inclined to study medicine, or to be a baseball coach. What right do we have to push him towards a particular outcome?

86 posted on 09/04/2005 12:23:12 PM PDT by OKSooner
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To: joinedafterattack

What a guy. MSM ain't gonna want to report this!


87 posted on 09/04/2005 12:24:19 PM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: joinedafterattack

this kid deserves a medal, should be named a national hero.


88 posted on 09/04/2005 12:24:36 PM PDT by King Prout (and the Clinton Legacy continues: like Herpes, it is a gift that keeps on giving.)
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To: Salvation
"Naggin and Blanko (my mispellings) just didn't use their resources OR HEED THE PRESIDENT'S ORDER TO EVACUATE THE CITY!"

Bears repeating, Salvation.

89 posted on 09/04/2005 12:27:07 PM PDT by Miss Behave (Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
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To: joinedafterattack
...then picked up about 70 passengers

That's 70 more than Shepherd Smith and Jerry Rivers took out between them in 6 days.

90 posted on 09/04/2005 12:28:00 PM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: joinedafterattack

A true man. One to be honored.


91 posted on 09/04/2005 12:31:25 PM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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To: joinedafterattack

I don't know if I could actually physically drive a school bus. Doesn't it require either a commercial license, or at least knowledge of how something that big handles? Surely it's different from my little Saturn (even though they are both manual, I think).


92 posted on 09/04/2005 12:32:39 PM PDT by Xenalyte (Lord, I apologize . . . and be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea amen.)
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To: pandemoniumreigns
It reminds me of my favorite Ted-ism.

Ted (on the air): In order to become a law, this bill must be passed by two-thirds of the 48 states. (Pause) Oh, two more? Okay, four-thirds of the 48 states.

93 posted on 09/04/2005 12:34:02 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (I support the firemen, but not their cause.)
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To: joinedafterattack

In addition to prosecution for stealing a bus, Mr. Gibson will also be charged with driving a bus without a Commercial Driver License. He also lacks Passenger and Air Brake endorsments. He will also be charged with allowing passengers to stand in front of the white line.

Please, please pick me for the jury. This kid is so far the only hero with a name from this tragedy.


94 posted on 09/04/2005 12:36:40 PM PDT by cyclotic (Cub Scouts-Teach 'em young to be men, and politically incorrect in the process)
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To: pandemoniumreigns

Ted: It's actually tomorrow in Tokyo. Do you realize that there are people alive here in Minneapolis who are already dead in Tokyo?


95 posted on 09/04/2005 12:36:45 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (I support the firemen, but not their cause.)
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To: joinedafterattack

bumping the young bus drive. Saved a bunch of lives.


96 posted on 09/04/2005 12:38:11 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (Two Years of Poetry.......)
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To: Xenalyte
I don't know if I could actually physically drive a school bus.

Are you handicapped, or something?

I drove a 24-foot RV from one end of the country to another, towing our Acura 3.2TL behind us, and my wife, two cats, and a dog on board. I was probably more conservative than I would have been with more experience, making very wide turns, or circling the block instead of attempting a three-point turn, no parallel parking, etc., but the only trouble I had was when I wound up towing the trailer up onto a curb on a very narrow street when visiting my aunt and uncle.

The main thing you need to be aware of when operating a vehicle that size is the length of the rear end beyond the back wheels. When turning, the back wheels are the pivot point, which means that the tail end swings out far wider than you're used to with a car, and the center of the vehicle comes much closer to the corner point of the turn. So you just need to leave extra room to account for it when turning.

97 posted on 09/04/2005 12:38:40 PM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: mtbopfuyn

"I said it before, I'll say it again, 'Jabbour for Mayor!'"

Ditto from here, too.


98 posted on 09/04/2005 12:42:33 PM PDT by Old Student (WRM, MSgt, USAF(Ret.))
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To: dfwgator
"Improvise. Adapt. Overcome."

I watched a show on TV about training for military special forces in which the trainers put men through obstacle courses in such a way that the only way they could survive and complete the training was to find ways to break the rules. For example, they would not make it without going off the trails to find and drink water. It was forbidden to do this. Those who put survival ahead of rules not only reached the end, they reached their goal of becoming special forces.

Anyone who knows the military knows that breaking rules is usually not a shortcut to a grand career.

"Improvise. Adapt. Overcome." Indeed.

99 posted on 09/04/2005 12:42:44 PM PDT by GretchenM (Hooked on porn and hating it? Visit http://www.theophostic.com .)
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To: Lady Jag

Ping!


100 posted on 09/04/2005 12:44:32 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (Two Years of Poetry.......)
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