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SC school bus driver says kindergartners’ curiosity helped stop armed hijacking
WSBTV(Columbia, South Carolina) ^
| 05/17/2021
| KELLY MCCARTHY
Posted on 05/20/2021 6:15:27 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
A South Carolina school bus driver who kept his cool during an armed hijacking hailed all 18 children the real heroes of the high-pressure encounter.
Kenneth Corbin spoke exclusively to “Good Morning America” Monday about how he was able to hold off the gunman and what the students said to the man that helped keep them safe for six minutes.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
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Apparently the hijacker got confused and frustrated because the kids would not stop asking questions AND the driver really kept his cool.
To: Kid Shelleen
So the hijacker was not very good at classroom management.
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posted on
05/20/2021 6:36:14 AM PDT
by
Sertorius
(A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
To: Sertorius
Well if you’ve never had 24 third graders saying hey mister non-stop with random questions then maybe we don’t know how YOU would react to that.
😆
Hey Mister!!
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posted on
05/20/2021 6:39:06 AM PDT
by
9422WMR
(Lie, cheat, steal. It’s how the democRATS operate. )
To: Kid Shelleen
Pre-enlistment screening didn’t work real well...
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posted on
05/20/2021 7:35:45 AM PDT
by
heartwood
(Someone has to play devil's advocate other.)
To: Kid Shelleen
I can imagine the questions:
"why don't you have a car"?
"Is that a real gun"?
"are you our new bus driver?"
"What does your shirt say?"
"does your mom dress you like that"?
etc
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posted on
05/20/2021 7:41:13 AM PDT
by
CFW
To: CFW
Today’s kids have more diverse interests than my generation had at that age. All we ever said was “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?”
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posted on
05/20/2021 8:24:58 AM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. Obama free since 1/20/17. PTL ~ Þ )
To: CFW
"What's the annual rainfall of the Amazon basin?"
"Why did the chicken cross the road?"
"Which came first, the chicken or the egg?"
"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck would chuck wood?"
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