STUDENTS ON BUS STRANDED  FOR 14 HOURS.

 Snowstorm Strands Students on Bus for 14 Hours on Pennsylvania Highway

 

A group of Kentucky high school students are learning a lesson in human kindness after their bus broke down on a highway just a mile from their hotel in western Pennsylvania.
The students from Owensboro Catholic High School have been stuck for over 14 excruciating hours on Interstate 76 because of the winter storm.
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But their bus still has gas and some food — and they've taken in other stranded motorists who want to seek refuge on their vehicle as they await emergency responders.
"We have heat, we have a bathroom, we have water, we have light snacks," chaperone Tine Edge told NBC News on Saturday morning. "We've had several people get out of their cars, people are a little frantic. People don't have the food we have."

More than 40 high school students were stuck on a bus for more than 14 hours on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Emily Linn

The nightmarish situation started around 7:30 p.m. Friday. The more than 40 high school students had left the March of Life in Washington, D.C., traveling the 175 miles for their hotel in Somerset, Pennsylvania, when they became trapped on the highway.
Some parts of the region have seen upwards of 30 inches of snow as of Saturday morning.

 

Edge said they were hoping to wait out the massive storm at the hotel before heading back to Kentucky.
But two semi-trucks were stuck in front of them — immobilizing drivers.

Interstate 76 in western Pennsylvania on Jan. 23, 2016. Emily Linn

"We are blessed to be on this bus with plenty of gas, but everyone is beginning to run low on supplies," a nervous Edge said. "We were told the National Guard was coming. However, that was three to four hours ago."
Pennsylvania Turnpike officials tweeted just after 11 a.m. that the National Guard had arrived on parts of the highway to help those stranded.
Edge said that the students and their chaperones are staying positive.
"We pray that we see light at the end of the tunnel," she said