Posted on 10/31/2013 7:59:28 AM PDT by Kartographer
The most wrenching stories always begin the same way: it was just a normal day.
Oct. 18 was just a normal day when Darnell Barton, a school bus driver in Buffalo, N.Y., was carrying a full load of high school students and approaching the Scajaquada Expressway overpass. There, he saw a woman on the opposite side of the rail, standing where no person ought to be, leaning out over the traffic below.
Barton stopped the bus and, according to the Buffalo News, tried to assess the truth of what his eyes were telling him.
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As much as we judge ethnic traits based on the names in the story, I should point out that I would expect Darnell to be one of “Holder’s People” but it was still an extraordinary act he did and he deserves all the accolades due him. Wonder if the bus company fires him the way big stores fire those who go after shoplifters?
Reading the whole stories is worthwhile. It said children were weeping as it went down...which is a very good sign that they hadn’t become so hardened to everything around them to not be sensitive to what was the possible outcome. It was also nice to see the transportation agency responsible for the school bus was supportive of his action. As I share the story with my wife the first thing she asked was whether they fired him. In today’s upside down world that seems the norm.
Having watched the video, my assumption was true. Nice that he got applause after he got back on the bus.
A good man.
I would argue that "black" and "Holder's People" should not be synonyms. No more than "German" and "Nazi" should be synonyms.
Personally, I'd reserve the phrase "Holder's People" only for those blacks who have been encouraged to hate whites for supposed racial injustices. Just as I'd reserve the word "Nazi" for those Germans who actively followed Hitler.
Just my two cents.
No offense to anyone from there, but man I’ve been to Buffalo several times. I could see why someone living there would be depressed, especially as winter approaches.
“I should point out that I would expect Darnell to be one of “Holder’s People”
I would argue that “black” and “Holder’s People” should not be synonyms. No more than “German” and “Nazi” should be synonyms.
Personally, I’d reserve the phrase “Holder’s People” only for those blacks who have been encouraged to hate whites for supposed racial injustices. Just as I’d reserve the word “Nazi” for those Germans who actively followed Hitler.
Just my two cents.”
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+1 from here.
Hero. An overused word, but exquisitely applicable here. Good man.
Excellent distinction.
Good man.
You notice he says; “I’m a football-guy...you gotta do what the play calls for...”
Despite its bread-and-circus aspect, traditionally football is all about making boys into men - it is a rite of passage here in this country.
Good. On. Him.
A good man indeed who did what many others would not dare to do. He gave that woman a reason to live when he showed that he cared whether she lived or died.
A fine distinction which would obviously exclude this good man.
“...I could see why someone living there would be depressed...”
I agree (my husband’s family is originally from Buffalo) that Buffalo, especially the weather, has depressing aspects.
However, whenever we visit, the people there seem to be extraordinarily genuine and charitable in the Christian sense, as opposed to the typical Bostonian or New Englander who can very often come across as snobbish.
Ping for a heartwarming story to enjoy.
I was born in Buffalo but I’ll never go back. Not because of the weather, but because the idiots in New York elected Hillary Clinton to the senate and keep on sending Chucky Schumer back.
Great story - thanks for the ping!
Hailing as I do from parts not too very far from there, I can tell you that the weather on the south side of Lake Erie seems perfectly normal — when it is the only weather you’ve ever lived in.
A hearty DITTOS to your post. Holder’s people are the thuggery among black people, not the entire of black people.
Perfect.
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