# Now buses aren't safe, either **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 3, 2001, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-buses-arent-safe-either/85217 "2001-10-03T17:31:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![curious\_george](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-buses-arent-safe-either/85217/1 "2001-10-03T17:31:18Z")
First the planes, now the buses… > **[MSNBC News - Breaking News and News Today | Latest News](https://www.msnbc.com/)** > > MSNBC breaking news and the latest news for today. Get daily news from local news reporters and world news updates with live audio & video from our team. 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. … ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-buses-arent-safe-either/85217/2 "2001-10-03T17:34:59Z")
That was a kook, not a terrorist. You’ll never kook-proof anything. ---
**Author:** ![caircair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@caircair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caircair)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-buses-arent-safe-either/85217/3 "2001-10-03T18:09:55Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![curious\_george](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-buses-arent-safe-either/85217/4 "2001-10-03T20:57:02Z")
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”. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-buses-arent-safe-either/85217/5 "2001-10-03T21:05:54Z")
This kook was evidently not happy with his seat, according to the driver. ---
**Author:** ![curious\_george](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-buses-arent-safe-either/85217/6 "2001-10-04T15:59:45Z")
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](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…