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Day 5 in Midland City Standoff

by KREX News Room
by CBS News
by Cori Coffin

Story Created: Feb 3, 2013 at 12:44 AM MDT

Story Updated: Feb 3, 2013 at 1:13 AM MDT

MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) - Hundreds of people have turned out at a service to remember an Alabama bus driver who was shot to death trying to protect the young children on his school bus.

Mourners who attended a viewing service at a funeral home Saturday night remembered 66-year-old Charles Albert Poland, Jr., as a humble hero who taught Sunday School and often lent a helping hand to others.

Authorities said Jim Lee Dykes boarded a stopped school bus carrying 21 children Tuesday afternoon and demanded two boys between 6 and 8 years old. When Poland tried to block his way, the gunman shot him several times and took one 5-year-old boy, who police say remains in an underground bunker with Dykes.

School bus driver William Lisenby said Poland "laid down his life to defend those children.'' His funeral is Sunday.


CBS News Reporter: Marlie Hall

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