With the passengers fleeing outside, the bus driver, Bruce Martin, pleaded with Mr. Allison and his wife escaped was, others witnessed even worse. It's a slow process."Īs horrible as the scene Mr. "Some days go by now without me thinking of it. The proximity to nature and the lack of crowds have been soothing, he said. Allison is working at a children's camp in the Northwest Territories. "Anything I bought with that money would be a reminder."Ī spokeswoman for Greyhound said the company has treated compensation and counselling needs on a case-by-case basis. "It would be too much of a reminder," she said. The company offered to reimburse her for a jacket splattered with blood in the murder. Gregory, but she has not asked for, or received, any assistance from Greyhound. That takes me back there."Ī Winnipeg therapist has been helping Ms.
"I don't like to use my kitchen knives, the sharp ones. "I used to be so independent."Įven huddled away from outdoor reminders, she can't avoid mental cues at home. Like Tim McLean's mother, she shudders at the site of Greyhound buses and doubts she'll ever ride one again, a hang-up that's made for an isolated life in an already secluded town. "I used to be the type to walk around and feel safe. "Everywhere I go I'm very aware of my surroundings," she said. She has developed an edginess around people, an instinctual caginess that she can't drop for friends or strangers. His mother, Carol deDelley, said she is haunted every time she sees a Greyhound bus, and said the company - which has restored, scrubbed and renumbered bus 1170, and is running it in another province - should take it off the road.īut what of the passengers' mental health? None lost a loved one that night, yet they lost something. McLean's family read a chilling impact statement detailing their shattered lives. Li will have his mental health reviewed annually. Deemed not responsible for the murder due to untreated psychotic schizophrenia, Mr. This week, a criminal review board in Manitoba decided to lock up Vince Li, the knife-wielding man in their nightmares, in a high-security psychiatric ward for a year. They are the forgotten ones, the 34 passengers and two Samaritans who watched, surrounded by wheat fields, as a deranged man defiled Tim McLean's body, along with every notion of human decency they'd once held.
Others have lost jobs, dropped grades, committed crimes.
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