"I agree, that guy had obviously been through a highly, highly traumatic situation and was beyond exhausted . . ."
Well, yes. Hijacking a bus can probably be rather traumatic.
Did you notice how the guy rolled his eyes and evaded the reporter's questions about what it was like inside the SuperDome? I thought that was strange at the time. Now we know he COULDN'T answer because he wasn't even there!
I love how people will rob, steal, maybe even kill, but then they are hesitant to lie and evade rather than not tell the truth and outright lie. I call it Bill Clinton's disease.
The reporter knew it, too. He had already heard that the bus didn't come from the dome......especially since some of the passengers told them right away that they were never in the dome. Others around them tried to shut them up and said, "yes, you were in the dome." Makes me sick. Some of the people on the bus probably had no clue, but the driver and the ones that ran away sure as heck did!