FIRST OUTING IN YEARS FOR DETROIT MUSEUM PIECE HALTS BETTIS' TRIP TO SUPER BOWL. STEELER COACH COWHER FINDS IRONY IN "ONE BUS MOWING DOWN ANOTHER."
DETROIT - Popular Pittsburgh Steeler Jerome Bettis, nicknamed "The Bus," was mowed down this morning while jogging by another famous bus -- the one on which civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in 1955. The Rosa Parks bus usually is on display in the Henry Ford Museum but was put back into commission this week as part of Detroit's Super Bowl festivities. Ironically, it was transporting a group of Seattle Seahawks on a sightseeing tour when the accident occurred. Bettis was immediately carried onto the bus to be transported to a local hospital, but Seahawks' coach Mike Holmgren, who is caucasian, refused to give up his front row seat for the Steeler.
