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PostPosted: Thu, Aug 02 2012, 11:34 pm    Post subject: 16-year-old Jewish survivor of Chicago bus crash quoted
 
From article in the Chicago Tribune:

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Megabus passenger Eliana Siegal, of West Rogers Park, said the time from when the bus veered off the road to when it slammed into the concrete pillar felt like about five seconds.

“I flew forward and my glasses were smashed into the back of the seat in front of me,” said Siegal, 16. “People were panicking and babies were crying – a woman across the aisle from me was screaming that her leg was broken.”

Siegal, who was riding on the top tier of the double-decker bus, said she and other passengers rushed off the bus as quickly as they could out of fear it might explode. But the driver and at least one other passenger were trapped, she said.

“There was a lot of manpower spent trying to get the people who were trapped out of the bus,” Siegal said.

Siegal was taken to a community center in Litchfield. She said she was traveling alone, on her way to meet friends for a concert in St. Louis.

Siegal said she believed she was uninjured because her father gave her a dollar to give to charity, a Jewish tradition that helped protect her en route.

"I believe it was that money that kept me out without a scratch," said Siegal
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PostPosted: Thu, Aug 02 2012, 11:56 pm    Post subject: re: 16-year-old Jewish survivor of Chicago bus crash quoted
 
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PostPosted: Fri, Aug 03 2012, 6:13 am    Post subject: re: 16-year-old Jewish survivor of Chicago bus crash quoted
 
You're welcome. Smile I thought it was nice to read that in a secular newspaper - very positive.
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