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Dad had to come get him or he would have stayed in Florida

Writer remembers trip to Atlanta on Greyhound when air conditioning went out and windows couldn't be opened

Rick Caldwell writes:
In 1971 I rode the Greyhound from Columbia to St Petersburg, FL' to my brothers wedding. At about Somerset, the air conditioning went out and you couldn't open the windows on the buses.

We were burning up till we got to Atlanta, GA, where they gave us a different bus.

The only thing that saved a riot was a man in the back with a suitcase full of booze that he handed out; but being only 14 I had to sweat it out for - I can't remember how long- but was probably 12 hours. The bus stopped at every small town between Columbia and Atlanta.

My daddy came and got me when it was time to return to Columbia because I said I would stay in Flordia if I had to ride Greyhound back. -Rick Caldwell
Comments re article 42531. The Greyhound: When rider panicked on arrival in Columbia KY




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