Elementary students try to hijack school bus

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05021/446225.stm

Three 11-year-old boys and a 10-year-old girl tried to hijack their school bus near Punxsutawney this morning.

State police said the four hatched the plot yesterday. Just after 8 a.m. today, one of the boys pulled a knife from a book bag and held it near another student. He demanded driver Janet McQuown, 52, stop and get off the bus.

A police new release says she pulled over along Pine Tree Church Road in Oliver Township and "the knife was removed from the juvenile's possession." It doesn't say how.

The bus, with the hijackers and about 40 other children, arrived safely at Mapleview Elementary, where the unnamed offenders were taken into custody.

That's middle of state Repuke area.

[Downtown Hound]

1. That is one of the most bizarre things I've ever read.

:wtf:

[DrWeird]

2. I blame books.

They fill childrens minds with delusions and warped views of reality.

[Downtown Hound]

4. Clearly this Harry Potter's doing.

Damn that little worshiper of the dark forces!

[stevedeshazer]

6. Yes. We should burn them immediately.

Clearly another call to ban the liberal media once and for all.

[ohioliberal]

3. No child left behind!

[Kikosexy2]

5. Terrorists...

are starting young--Oh my! Glad to see NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND working--LOL.

[Anakin Skywalker]

8. LOL!

[saltpoint]

7. If Hollywood hadn't created gay cartoon characters --

-- this never would have happened.

[paineinthearse]

9. Go directly to Gitmo, do no pass "go", do not collect $200

[Renew Deal]

19. And throw away the key.

:headbang:

[Redstone]

10. He was trying to get out of the test that morning

when he'd have to try to spell "Punxsutawney" correctly.

Desperate people do desperate things.

Redstone

[dean_dem]

11. What in the world were they going to do with the bus...

...after they ordered off the only person that would be able to drive it? What you suppose their demands would be? "I demand a police escort, and some phonebooks and woodblocks so I can reach the pedals!"
That's just messed up.

[central scrutinizer]

16. they were going to demand to be taken to Cuba

Their school is not real hot on geography instruction.

[mutus_frutex]

17. They've been stuck living this day over and over and over...

So, the tried to see what happens to little terrorists.. :-)

[karlrschneider]

21. "I Got You, Babe".............

:D

I'm surprised your point warn't made earlier. HAHAHA

[mutus_frutex]

23. Yeah..

When I was in grad school in Pittsburgh, my wife was in Penn State. So, every weekend I would take the bus from Pitt to State College. Greyhound would usually take a southern route and I would be the in about 3-3 1/2 hs. Other times I had to take Fullington Trailways and that went through Punxsutawney. The bus stop is right in the plaza where they filmed the movie and I think they stop in front of the hotel featured in the movie.

I can't help but remember that because FT used to take 5 hs to do the 136 miles between Pitt and state college... :-) I come from a "3rd world" country and even us have better bus service than PA.. :-)

Cheers..

[Renew Deal]

20. Flights to Algeria

Or Cuba.

[d_b]

12. Too much Sponge-Bob-fag-pants

It's warping the minds of our children!

[jobycom]

13. They hate the bus driver for her freedoms. nt.

[MichiganVote]

14. Beat him

[egoprofit]

15. kids do the darn'dest things!!

:smoke:

[Renew Deal]

18. That's more ambitious than anything I tried at that age.

I thought I was being bad when I made the bus drivers drive around in circles.

lol :dunce:

[montana_hazeleyes]

26. Hell

When I as a kid we got in trouble at school if we were caught chewing gum on the bus!

[k8conant]

22. Was the groundhog around?

That's Punxsutawney Phil's area also.

[Deja Q]

24. It's a small bus, isn't it?

:7

[David__77]

25. In these times, is this surprising?

Not to me...

[UL_Approved]

27. Bush is stopping terrorism?

How many incidents like this are happening around the country? How many happened in the past? I'd like some statistics on this.

And as for the children, the bus driver probably just grabbed the knife and smacked the kid upside the head. I know that people here generally don't condone spanking children here, but this is one exception that I would have to take. :spank: