#271: Hong Kong Tourists Trapped In Bus With Unhinged Man Who Tries To Kill Them One By One

Rotten Mango

Stephanie Soo

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 25.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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11 hours - 25 hostages. An unhinged man had boarded a Hong Kong tour bus and started waving his rifle around. He told them if everyone stayed still and did what he said he would not kill them. He lied. For 11 hours, the bus was parked in the middle of the busy street. Police, media, journalists, and civilians were all surrounding the bus. The hostage negotiators were in charge of preventing loss of life, but they would make mistake after mistake that would cost lives. All everyone could wonder from the outside was - will those poor hostages live? Or will they die? Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is taking place in Manila in the Philippines.
0:06.5	Mrs. Lee is a tourist from Hong Kong.
0:09.2	She gets off the tour bus and she's kind of holding her hand to her stomach.
0:13.2	So she was with this huge tour van and they're going from tourist attraction to tourist
0:17.0	attraction.
0:18.0	They get off the bus, they look around, take some pictures, get back on the bus.
0:21.9	Now all day, she had been feeling so queasy.
0:25.6	She just wants to like throw a walk and she finally convinces the bus controller to
0:29.8	letter off to get some fresh air.
0:31.7	She had been with the same group for several days now and they were on their final stop.
0:35.6	Their last stop, their final destination in the Philippines before heading back home.
0:39.9	She and her husband, Mr. Lee, they always really liked the Philippines.
0:43.2	So to give you some context, they were actually here in the Philippines 40 years ago for their
0:47.2	honeymoon and now they were back 40 years later and they were part of this tour group.
0:52.6	This trip was bringing back a ton of memories, especially as they would watch the younger
0:56.9	couples get on to the bus.
0:58.3	They're like, oh my god, they used to be us 40 years ago.
1:00.7	We used to have that much energy.
1:02.5	They would see all the little kids getting on the bus and they would think of their kids
1:05.8	when they were so young and it was just kind of like this, this whole some moment.
1:11.0	So 40 years ago, that means they're in like 60's?
1:13.9	Yeah, they're, they're a little older.
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