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Word: rossetter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1958-1958
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...Knew in My Heart." For unaccountable reasons (so unaccountable that his friends suspect a heart attack), De-rossett did not slow down. Instead, the bus rammed the wrecker, knocked it 60 ft. The bus itself lurched, swayed, tipped for a moment at the top of the embankment, then slithered through a grove of willow trees into the river. It hung for agonizing minutes in 3 ft. of water-long enough and shallow enough for 13-year-old Bill Leedy to kick open the rear emergency door, push smaller children out, then escape himself. Other passengers frantically rolled down windows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTERS: Beneath the Big Sandy | 3/10/1958 | See Source »

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