Philippines Reels From Hostage Nightmare
In the 1994 film "Speed" starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, the entire premise is captured with the memorable line, "There's a bomb on the bus!"
In the 2010 hostage situation drama broadcast live from the Philippines on Monday, the memorable quote may as well have been, "There's a bum on the bus!"
Rolando Mendoza, 55, a former police officer who cl…
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