First the planes, now the buses…
6 killed after bus driver attacked
Crash leads Greyhound to suspend service nationwide
MANCHESTER, Tenn., Oct. 3 — Police said six people were killed early Wednesday when a Greyhound bus crashed in central Tennessee after a passenger attacked the driver. Greyhound immediately halted all service nationwide as a
precaution, but later said it would resume trips at 1 p.m. ET.
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That was a kook, not a terrorist. You’ll never kook-proof anything.
Legomancer’s right. Same thing happened here about 3 years ago over Thanksgiving Weekend – only it was a local bus. We were incredibly lucky that only three people – the driver, the hijacker, and one passenger, were killed. We were luckier because the bus was going over a bridge at the time – if it had fallen into the water the carnage could have been MUCH worse.
I suspect this is just a case of a wannabe terrorist.
I never said it was a terrorist. Neither did the article:
“Greyhound immediately halted all service nationwide as a precaution, but later resumed trips when authorities felt the attack was not part of a terrorist plot”.
This kook was evidently not happy with his seat, according to the driver.
Another US public mass trans system temporarily grinds to a hault due to an attack by a foreigner. The article says he may have used a box cutter, also.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2001/10/04/buscrash-usat.htm
Bus attack suspect from Croatia
By Larry Copeland, USA TODAY
MANCHESTER, Tenn. — The man who allegedly caused the deaths of six Greyhound bus passengers Wednesday when he slit the
driver’s throat was a Croatian citizen who had been in the USA illegally for more than two years, authorities said…