Bravely Taking to Their Feet
Thursday, 31 July 2008Man decapitated on Canadian busfrom the BBC
All of a sudden, we all heard this scream, this bloodcurdling scream, passenger Garnet Caton told CBC television.The attacker was standing up right over the top of the guy with a large hunting knife — a survival, Rambo knife — holding the guy and continually stabbing him… in the chest area, Mr Caton added.
The attack continued as passengers fled the bus and waited for police on a desolate stretch of the TransCanada Highway near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
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Sgt Colwell said thebravebehaviour of the passengers and driver probably prevented anyone else from being hurt.
I'm not sure just where Sergeant Colwell locates the bravery here. I am, unfortunately, sure that there will be mutterings about how, really, America is ultimately responsible for this attack.
Addendum:Police don't know what prompted vicious bus attackfrom CTV
It's not something that happens regularly on a bus, said Colwell.You're sitting there enjoying your trip and then all of a sudden somebody gets stabbed. I imagine it would be pretty traumatic … the way they acted was extraordinary.They were very brave. They reacted swiftly, calmly in exiting the bus and as a result nobody else was injured.
They beat a very brave retreat.