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Watching NBC news... A bus carrying elderly evacuees to Dallas explodes on the highway.
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Bus w/ elderly evacuees explodes
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Death toll possibly at 20.
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The death toll is now at 24. atleast a dozen were transported to near-by Dallas hospitals.
on a side note: pleas pray for my family as they have decided to evacuate to San Antonio. As well as the rest of those effected by the storm, especially those who have decided or have been forced to stay home.
Raymond
on a side note: pleas pray for my family as they have decided to evacuate to San Antonio. As well as the rest of those effected by the storm, especially those who have decided or have been forced to stay home.
Raymond
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Chimpie- Your link is D.O.A.
It is crazy what they think happened. A bus load of elderly people created an Oxygen rich atmosphere. Sparks from the breaks and BLAM!
Thats probably one of the worst stories so far for this whole Hurricane season to me. Maybe it was because of the COMPLETELY SCREWED UP NIGHT at work last night, but I almost cried when I heard that story and saw video of the bus.
It is crazy what they think happened. A bus load of elderly people created an Oxygen rich atmosphere. Sparks from the breaks and BLAM!
Thats probably one of the worst stories so far for this whole Hurricane season to me. Maybe it was because of the COMPLETELY SCREWED UP NIGHT at work last night, but I almost cried when I heard that story and saw video of the bus.
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TexasMedic my prayers are out there for everyone.
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Link on FoxNews.com
Bus Explodes on Dallas Highway; Up to 24 Dead
Friday, September 23, 2005
WILMER, Texas — A bus carrying elderly evacuees from Hurricane Rita (search) caught fire and then was rocked by explosions early Friday on a gridlocked highway near Dallas, killing as many as 24 people, authorities said.
"Deputies were unable to get everyone off the bus," Dallas County Sheriff's Department (search) spokesman Don Peritz said. He said he believed 24 people were killed, but added that that number could change.
The bus was carrying 43 people who had been traveling since Thursday from a nursing home or managed-care facility near Houston, Peritz said.
Early indications were that the bus caught fire because of mechanical problems, setting off passengers' oxygen tanks, Peritz said. He said the brakes may have been on fire.
The bus was engulfed with flames, causing a lengthy backup on Interstate 45 already congested with evacuees from the Gulf Coast. The bus was reduced to a blackened, burned-out shell, with large blue tarps covering the bodies. About 20 emergency vehicles surrounded it.
Tina Jones, a nurse from Ennis, was driving behind the bus when she saw it start to smoke and pull to the side of the road.
Bus Explodes on Dallas Highway; Up to 24 Dead
Friday, September 23, 2005
WILMER, Texas — A bus carrying elderly evacuees from Hurricane Rita (search) caught fire and then was rocked by explosions early Friday on a gridlocked highway near Dallas, killing as many as 24 people, authorities said.
"Deputies were unable to get everyone off the bus," Dallas County Sheriff's Department (search) spokesman Don Peritz said. He said he believed 24 people were killed, but added that that number could change.
The bus was carrying 43 people who had been traveling since Thursday from a nursing home or managed-care facility near Houston, Peritz said.
Early indications were that the bus caught fire because of mechanical problems, setting off passengers' oxygen tanks, Peritz said. He said the brakes may have been on fire.
The bus was engulfed with flames, causing a lengthy backup on Interstate 45 already congested with evacuees from the Gulf Coast. The bus was reduced to a blackened, burned-out shell, with large blue tarps covering the bodies. About 20 emergency vehicles surrounded it.
Tina Jones, a nurse from Ennis, was driving behind the bus when she saw it start to smoke and pull to the side of the road.
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Hey!
That's not where I left it?!? 
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That bus was headed to a college in my town, which means 90% of them would have ended up in the hopital that I work at. That night as we were all in the break room, watching the news, my charge nurse said "Oh Man, 24 less patients." That was horrible.... but thats my charge nurse for ya...
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I'm not going to even start on the joke about "kentucky fried colonel".... gotta love that gallows humor
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Sad, but some of us have a sick sense of humor. That is somewhat normal
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That story was horrible. I feel so badly for the familys of the passangers.Lots of prayers out to the people on the coast.
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I got this from Firehouse.com, in the Local section...
Two Sisters Recount Horror of Bus Fire that Killed 23 Hurricane Evacuees
SHEILA FLYNN
Associated Press Writer
DALLAS (AP) -- A flat bus tire brought grumbles from the 37 nursing home patients fleeing Houston in anticipation of Hurricane Rita.
Then, Edna Briant heard a rumble and the driver stopped a second time. But it wasn't another flat. Briant was sitting two rows behind the driver of the bus that would soon burst into flames, claiming 23 lives.
The driver checked outside the vehicle and apparently noticed a problem, perhaps seeing flames or smoke, and he looked worried.
He briefly conferred with aides and yelled for passengers to get off the bus and onto the shoulder of Interstate 45.
An aide rescued Briant, who is 87 years old and confined to a wheelchair, by throwing her ''on her shoulder or something,'' quickly putting her down on the ground and going back for more patients.
''I couldn't move, and I said, 'Please God, don't let my back be broken,''' Briant said. ''I said, 'Get Claire!'''.........
........The bus went out of service in July after its registration expired. It was allowed back on the road to help because of a waiver signed last week by Gov. Rick Perry to aid relief efforts.
Johnny Ray Partain, a former Global investor, has fought a legal battle with its owner, James H. Maples. Partain warned a court in May the buses were poorly maintained and dangerous.
''I've driven those buses. I was complaining about the brakes,'' Partain said. ''My attorney asked me if those buses are dangerous, and I said, 'Yes, somebody's going to get killed.'''
According to federal records, drivers for Global Limo were ordered to stop driving five times in the last three years, mostly for infractions regarding bus logs. In 2004, the company was rated as ''satisfactory,'' with no evidence of major safety problems in recent years, records show..........
CLICK....this is beginning to suck even more!
Two Sisters Recount Horror of Bus Fire that Killed 23 Hurricane Evacuees
SHEILA FLYNN
Associated Press Writer
DALLAS (AP) -- A flat bus tire brought grumbles from the 37 nursing home patients fleeing Houston in anticipation of Hurricane Rita.
Then, Edna Briant heard a rumble and the driver stopped a second time. But it wasn't another flat. Briant was sitting two rows behind the driver of the bus that would soon burst into flames, claiming 23 lives.
The driver checked outside the vehicle and apparently noticed a problem, perhaps seeing flames or smoke, and he looked worried.
He briefly conferred with aides and yelled for passengers to get off the bus and onto the shoulder of Interstate 45.
An aide rescued Briant, who is 87 years old and confined to a wheelchair, by throwing her ''on her shoulder or something,'' quickly putting her down on the ground and going back for more patients.
''I couldn't move, and I said, 'Please God, don't let my back be broken,''' Briant said. ''I said, 'Get Claire!'''.........
........The bus went out of service in July after its registration expired. It was allowed back on the road to help because of a waiver signed last week by Gov. Rick Perry to aid relief efforts.
Johnny Ray Partain, a former Global investor, has fought a legal battle with its owner, James H. Maples. Partain warned a court in May the buses were poorly maintained and dangerous.
''I've driven those buses. I was complaining about the brakes,'' Partain said. ''My attorney asked me if those buses are dangerous, and I said, 'Yes, somebody's going to get killed.'''
According to federal records, drivers for Global Limo were ordered to stop driving five times in the last three years, mostly for infractions regarding bus logs. In 2004, the company was rated as ''satisfactory,'' with no evidence of major safety problems in recent years, records show..........
CLICK....this is beginning to suck even more!
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did they know it would blow up? no.
Did they try to help? Yes.
Did they try to help? Yes.