![]() Molly Amman: We did not know the nature of the story, only that he thought that once the public became aware of his story, there would be riots in the street and potentially a revolution of some sort.īill Rafferty: Right here in this area was a 6 foot by 8 foot bunker underground. … According to him, he had a story to tell. Steve Richardson: It was all orchestrated. You would be able to talk from one end to the other and be able to hear the voice. … And it was just kind of like a string and a can. Kevin Cornelius : As I recall, the PVC pipe that was the talking tube was 170 feet from just outside the gate to where the bunker is back here. The PVC talking tube located outside of the bunker was the only way Dykes would communicate with law enforcement. … The only way he would communicate with law enforcement was via that speaking tube. Steve Richardson: He talked about a talking tube down by the gate … and said that he was no longer going to communicate via cell phone. JIM DYKES TO 911: They can stop there and talk to a white post, a white PVC pipe sticking up. Steve Richardson: The ironic thing is, is he was incredibly winded. ![]() JIM DYKES TO 911: When the cops get here, they can talk to me … they stop at the front gate. Steve Richardson: He called back and gave very specific instructions to law enforcement. … I'm Kevin Cornelius, commander of the hostage rescue team.ĩ11 OPERATOR: Attention all units, be advised, I have suspect on 911 … is armed, does have the child hostage, he's in a underground bunker… Sir? Sir, is the child harmed? … Hello? … I just lost the guy… Kevin Cornelius: There's a lot of options that the Hostage Rescue Team practices on a daily basis … not necessarily a bunker that's 12 feet down in the ground. … The way that he had constructed the bunker, he was very proud of his project. Steve Richardson: The bunker – was … 6 by 8 by 12 feet straight down. Steve Richardson: He introduced himself – but it was cut short.ĩ11 OPERATOR: You're in an underground bunker? OK sir, you have a child with you? NEWS REPORT: We understand the man is holding that child in a bunker on his property. Dykes shot and killed the driver and kidnapped little Ethan Gilman - holding the boy hostage in an underground bunker. In January 2013, Jimmy Lee Dykes jumped on a packed school bus in Midland City, Alabama. Kevin Cornelius: Ethan was just … stunned. Steve Richardson: Little Ethan was sitting on the first seat behind Chuck Poland. JIM DYKES Come here! Come here! Come here! Tré Watts: And at that point… he took Ethan off the bus. … The guy pulls the gun out and says, "Pow, pow, pow." Come on, I don't have any time, the god***n law's comin'. JIM DYKES : I'm gonna have to shoot you now. Poland, he was making his demands, kids would come out of a seat and they would go two or three seats back. And even as he was in there and he was talking to Mr. Kevin Cornelius: The majority of the kids ran to the back. Steve Richardson: Every time I listen to his … dialogue … cold chills run up my spine. I can't help that.ĬHARLES POLAND: I can't turn them over to somebody else. You won't be harmed.ĬHARLES POLAND: - to keep these kids on the bus. Tré Watts: He just kept saying over and over," I need the kids, I need the kids, I need the kids." Kevin Cornelius | Former commander, FBI Hostage Rescue Team: He was asking for two kids … that are … certain ages … he was asking for children to come forward. Steve Richardson: If my children were on a school bus, I would want someone like Charles Poland defending them. And I look up and I notice a guy is on the bus and he has a gun pointed at Mr. Tré Watts: We're dropping off the kids and I feel a big lurch on the bus. Tré Watts: I usually sat in the third seat from the back.
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