Bus driver hailed as hero for spotting kidnapped boy

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

MILPITAS, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California bus driver who spotted a 3-year-old boy and his kidnapper on his bus and alerted police is being hailed as a hero.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/1G24T03) bus driver Tim Watson spotted the boy in the company of a man Friday after hearing a 3-year-old had been kidnapped from the Milpitas Public Library.

Watson says he stopped the bus, announced that he was looking for a missing green backpack and casually looked at the boy's shoes. They were red, just like the ones the missing boy was described as wearing.

FULL short breaking story at link.


Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/bad45ca9d80c4ce3869fd5d09da282c0/bus-driver-hailed-hero-spotting-kidnapped-boy

[libdem4life]

1. This just gave me chills. So happy for the family. The SFGate story is a bit longer with a few

more details but you have to click back a couple of sites.

[Orrex]

2. Waiting for the DUer to declare he's not really a hero in three... two...

[TrogL]

3. He's not a hero

He's a tactician. Rather than playing the hero and confronting the kidnapper he devised a plan and executed it brilliantly so the kidnapper was confronted by people trained to deal with the situation.

[LiberalElite]

4. Oh here's a redo of the title - Bus Diver Hailed as Tactician.

Feel better?

[Orrex]

5. I will defer to the family of the rescued boy

If they want to call the bus driver a tactician, I'm fine with that.

[Democat]

6. No one has blamed Obama for the kidnapping yet

The day is young.

[Gormy Cuss]

7. The term 'hero' is overused these days.

This driver selflessly stepped up and put himself at risk to save someone else, which is a brave act and pretty much the definition of hero.

[Helen Borg]

8. Righto...

HERO:

n. In mythology and legend, a man, often of divine ancestry, who is endowed with great courage and strength, celebrated for his bold exploits, and favored by the gods.
n. A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life: soldiers and nurses who were heroes in an unpopular war.
n. A person noted for special achievement in a particular field: the heroes of medicine.

Nope, not a hero, based on the definitions in the dictionary. It's settled.
A good and resourceful man, not a hero.

[Judi Lynn]

9. Absolutely! Uncommon courage. Thanks, Tim Watson. n/t