Post by Logan on Feb 19, 2016 0:13:50 GMT -6
Man reported unattended bag on NYC-bound bus -- and he's stunned by reaction he got
John Heinlein didn't think he was being a hero. But he didn't think he was the bad guy, either.
But it sure seemed that way to the North Bergen man who was shocked at the reaction he received for reporting an unattended bag on a bus that was traveling from South Carolina to Manhattan earlier this month.
Heinlein, 47, said he had a difficult time getting police to respond, and after the bus was stopped and evacuated near the Holland Tunnel, other passengers aimed their anger at him, he said.
"I just think in this day and age people should not react like that," said Heinlein, an aspiring actor and a construction worker. "They should be more serious about the situation. The passengers, the bus driver, the state police, most people were like 'So what.'"
Read more: www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2016/02/man_reported_unattended_bag_on_bus_--_and_hes_stun.html
John Heinlein didn't think he was being a hero. But he didn't think he was the bad guy, either.
But it sure seemed that way to the North Bergen man who was shocked at the reaction he received for reporting an unattended bag on a bus that was traveling from South Carolina to Manhattan earlier this month.
Heinlein, 47, said he had a difficult time getting police to respond, and after the bus was stopped and evacuated near the Holland Tunnel, other passengers aimed their anger at him, he said.
"I just think in this day and age people should not react like that," said Heinlein, an aspiring actor and a construction worker. "They should be more serious about the situation. The passengers, the bus driver, the state police, most people were like 'So what.'"
Read more: www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2016/02/man_reported_unattended_bag_on_bus_--_and_hes_stun.html