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Another Bus Story

This one's from the Port Arthur ISD convoy, and met official shotguns in Woodville, Texas.

"By the time we got to Lufkin, we had been on the road 29 hours. It was chaos. We had to assist wheelchair passengers out on a lift. Everyone needed something. Lufkin officials said they didn't have anything for us. I volunteered because I didn't want Port Arthur to end up like the people in New Orleans, where the bus drivers deserted," said Gordon.

"As we drove on, we saw someone with a sign that waved us over. It was St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Lufkin. They told us we could stay at their church," said volunteer Derrick Turner, driver of PAISD bus number 56, also for the disabled.