New Video -- Addis Ababa Bus Confrontation

Join me as I relive a heart-stopping adventure during an expedition in Ethiopia in 1976, a time of revolution in the country. During a bus ride to the Awash area, we encountered a tense situation I have never forgotten.
"Military checkpoints along the highway caused us some trepidation. We were stopped at one and some of us got off the bus to relieve ourselves. Along the roadway to our right was a high embankment covered with bushes and trees. A militia man with a rifle, well polished with use, followed us back onto the bus and started walking down the aisle checking our passports. Someone in the bus called out to be careful with that gun of his. “Gun” was one of the few words of English that he understood. So, he immediately started a search to see if we had any weapons which could be confiscated. When he came to me he saw the camera in my lap. He swung his rifle around and pointed it towards my belly, his finger nervous on the trigger. I froze..."
From the story "Land of Troubles," published in my book "From The Potato to Star Trek and Beyond." © 2022 Chester L. Richards. All rights reserved.
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