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Town mourns for driver amid standoff in Alabama
The town of Newton and Midland City, Alabama, mourn the bus driver Charles Albert Poland Jr. who died protecting children on a bus hijacked by Jim Lee Dykes in Midland City. Residents recall Poland as a humble hero, while authorities negotiate with Dykes in an underground bunker holding a 5-year-old boy.
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Midland City
Ala
Alabama
Charles Albert Poland Jr
Chuck
Newton
Poland
Lavern Skipper
Jim Lee Dykes
Dale County
Wally Olson
Jesus Christ
Fred McNab
Pinchard
Lonnie Daniels
Idaho
Daniels
Skipper
Aaron Poland
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