Hurricane Katrina's First Public Civilian Hero

My hero is a bus thief
By RICK CASEY
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle

When I heard President Bush on Thursday morning call for "zero tolerance of people breaking the law during an emergency such as this," it gave me shivers.

I know he wanted to send a tough message to thugs stealing guns, drugs and flat-panel televisions, holding up hospitals, shooting at helicopters.

But doesn't he realize he would be heard by the moral equivalent of school administrators?

These are people who suspend girls for bringing Midol in their purses or butter knives in their lunchboxes.

What would they do to a kid who steals a bus?

When he arrived at the Astrodome about 10 p.m. Wednesday, 20-year-old Jabbar Gibson modestly confessed that he had commandeered a school bus in New Orleans, then picked up about 70 passengers before heading out for the 13-hour trek to Houston.

Stealing a bus is a felony.

It's also an act of heroism.

Attention Mayor Nagin, seems that young Jabbar Gibson didn't need any federal help to rescue people from New Orleans. Maybe New Orleans needs to elect him Mayor. What about these Mr. Mayor?

Still want to blame President Bush? How many Buses do you count flooded out here? I count over 300 buses in these 2 pictures. Let's see 70 X 300 = can you count Mr. Mayor?

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