European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 education the stars and stripes monday May 28,1990 or. Terry Arbuckle Shannon Dickey Shaun Cummins is Lynda Davidson Chris Cummins 43 bus plunge survivors compare reactions by Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau Baum older West Germany forty three people were on the bus and there were 43 different reactions when it nose dived Over a Cliff. That s How or. Terry Arbuckle Baum older High school psychologist explained the aftereffects of the feb. 23 Accident to 25 of its victims at a picnic designed to help them talk about their experiences. The bus passengers included students teachers and Chaperon is who were headed to a we Klong visual and per forming arts workshop in of Cresel. When the brakes failed the bus crashed through a Guardrail and plummeted More than 100 feel into a Ravine. No one was killed. Some of the students and adults have no recollection of the Accident. Others have been suffering nightmares or reliving the incident through hallucinations. Some want to keep talking about it while others want to forget it and get on with their daily lives. They All want to know if they re nor Mal said Arbuckle who was the mov ing Force behind last week s get together. What s Normal he asked shrugging his shoulders. There s such a variety in their experiences. Some remember every detail some remember nothing. It s  More than half of the passengers on the bus attended the discussion and Pic Nic most eager for the Opportunity to talk about the Accident with others who understand what they be been through. Some of the victims were eager to locate others who had been on the bus to re assure themselves that the others had survived. Some wanted to thank people who had helped them out. Chris Cummins an 18-year-old senior from Baum older was looking for a girl whose name he never knew. I helped her out of the bus he said. She had a bloody  helping Arbuckle answer the Avalanche of questions were psychologists from Wei Brincken Ramstein and Kaiserslautern High schools. The group was welcomed to Baum Holder by the Community commander. Brig. Gen. John p. Otjen who also is the father of one of the students on the bus when it crashed. As a Parent it was an extraordinary event said Otjen who compared the gathering to a group of War buddies Trad ing War stories. Having a common difficult experience can be  in trying to allay feelings of guilt uncertainty and confusion Arbuckle told the group that it is not unusual for a Normal person to think and act Abnor Mally when something strange happens to them and flying off a Cliff in a bus is certainly an abnormal  one adult victim said she Felt guilty because she did t die. She also Felt Guil 9-year-old Giessen boy still fighting brain cancer Washington is nine year old Joshua Harding s Battle wit cancer continues. After moving from Giessen West Germany to the United states in de Cember with his family Joshua under went intensive chemotherapy at Vanderbilt University Hospital for three months. But after easter his parents decided to discontinue the therapy be cause of his weakened condition. The doctors gave Joshua Only Days to live but he has survived five weeks since then on intravenous feedings said his lather Freddie Harding a former physics teacher at Giesse High school. This week we were rewarded with several smiles and some Short whispered communications like i m thirsty i Hurt and a lip movement i love you " he said. Joshua s father and Mother Juanita Are not working so they can take care of their son full time. Medical insurance does not cover the Home care. Juanita was a kindergarten teacher at Butzbach elementary school. Before leaving West Germany Freddie Harding attempted to receive donated leave but the overseas school system has no program tallow it. The family s ordeal began new year s Day in 1989, when they Learned Joshua had 10 malignant brain tutors and one on his spine. Doctors believed the tutors had grown quickly Over three or four months. The hardings including siblings Jay 13, and Nada 15, Are staying with rela Tives in Spencer Tenn. Correspondence can be sent in care of Hugh Hale Box 213, Spencer Tenn., 38581, to because she does t remember the Impact of the Accident. I heard the Driver say the brakes were out saw the hairpin curve and thought that s it when we hit Bottom we re dead " said the woman who asked to remain Anonymous. I gave up. My mind stopped checked  the next Day when she woke up in a German Hospital she said she Felt guilty because she was t dead. She Felt those same feelings two More times when she woke up in Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center where she had been transferred and again when she woke up at Home. As she related her feelings some of the others who also had Little or no recollection of the event nodded in agreement. You should t feel guilty Arbuckle said. You were just in touch with reality. Many people thought that was going to be  after the first session with Arbuckle the woman admitted that we have to Stop saying what if Well drive our selves  among those who Don t remember the Accident was Shannon Dickey 18. He attended the picnic to see if i remember anybody that might have helped me. I want to remember what happened. I lost a whole  the group shared three hours of talk ing and comparing experiences. People who had lost the memory of minutes hours or the entire Accident sequence had details filled in for them by others who remember seeing them walking around talking and helping out. Despite the limited time of the picnic Arbuckle Felt that most of the group had been helped. We were Able to identify the needs of a lot of people and were Able to make referrals to the school psychologists a buckle said. Because of the picnic he added most of them Felt less  Heidelberg Junior gets Washington internship Heidelberg West Germany Brian Kirsch has added another Feather to his Cap. The Heidelberg High school student has been selected to be a research intern at the research science Institute at George Washington University in Washington this summer. Kirsch a Junior is the first depart ment of defense dependents schools student chosen for the highly competitive program. He will be one of 90 National and International students attend ing the Washington Institute. The six week residential program is sponsored by the Center for excellence in education and runs june 24 through aug. 4. Kirsch s High scores on the Scholastic aptitude test and numerous achieve ment tests and other Scholastic accomplishments earned him consideration for the Institute. He also has maintained a 4.0 Grade average at Heidelberg High school and was named outstanding mathematics scholar and outstanding Overall scholar by Depauw Unive Siw during its Dodds sponsored Summe Challenge program last year. He is a three sport athlete and co Cap Tain of he track team president of the Junior class and a member of the nation shop or snc1cty 3i?d the German Honor Jey flu it m German he is studying russian. The 16-year-old is the son of Dodds employees and has attended Only Dodds schools. He will return to Hei Delberg for his senior year where he Hopes to graduate As valedictorian. The Institute s objective is to Foster the intellectual and practical skills of gifted Young scholars in the sciences and mathematics to assure world technological leadership. The program combines on Campus course work in scientific the Ory with off Campus work in scientific research under the direction of scientists. Mathematicians and engineers. Brian Kirsch