This Time We Lost 3 Children
The horror story in rural Alabama came to painful end with the rescue of the little boy Ethan and the death of kidnapper Jimmy Lee Dykes. In an ironic tribute, they buried bus driver Albert Poland, Jr. who was killed fighting off the kidnapper – for what he wanted most, the safety of all of his children.
The ultimate sadness is that some where along the line, the “child” in Jimmy Lee Dykes died. Let’s face the difficult truth—a human being in full capacity of rational wit does not use a child in such a horrific manner. Poland the bus driver, however, knew the value of the children he tried to protect—in fact, so well enough that he was willing to die for them.
The police share this much from the conversations with Dykes. "Based on our discussions with Mr. Dykes, he feels like he has a story that's important to him, although it's very complex," Olson said Monday before the hostage situation ended. He didn't elaborate. Something dies in us when nobody hears our story.
I want to say something that prevents us from just mentally burying the kidnapper and killer Dykes and forgetting that he was also a human being too. A horrifically tragic one...but still somebody we are all related to.
There is a viewpoint, just one particular opinion, that says that we all have a hand in creating this kinds of character. No question that nature left something out. Okay. But the kidnapper and killer had a human face that died before this event. He was the town odd-ball, known for killing pets that strayed his way, and wandering around in the evenings with a shot gun. He roamed until he found that school bus, Albert Poland, and then Ethan. We lost 3 before it all ended.
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