Man Jumps off Double Decker Bus - Caught on Camera.
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Man Jumps off Double Decker Bus
A man jumped off a double decker bus in Manchester city centre in front of crowds today. The man in his 20’s wasn’t injured. The incident left him a little shaken, though. He said he was doing it for Jesus.
I was able to capture his stunt on my mobile phone and now you can see it for yourselves. I decided to investigate further for mywebconnect.info.
It was all part of an array of performances put on by The Message Trust called the Eden Project, which uses 2 double decker buses to tour the North West with a message to transform young people’s lives.
The Eden Buses are two high-tech mobile youth centres wrapped in funky youth-themed vinyl graphics and armed with the latest in sound and visual technology. These amazing buses are designed to meet young people from all backgrounds who need someone to talk to.
This is an exciting way for both primary and secondary schools to deliver parts of their curriculum. The buses have excellent on-board presentation facilities, and are often called in when RE lessons need to have that extra dimension!
The organisation started out in 1988 as Message to Schools then became the The World Wide Message Tribe, fronted by Andy Hawthorne, to impact young people with the Christian message of God’s love and forgiveness. This then went on to now what is called The Message and grew further to include the Eden Project.
We have been working in the city for 15 years and have developed a ‘knack’ for being able to get through to the hardest to reach young people. To enable this we operate a range of projects on the streets, in the community, in schools and in prisons, all with the aim of bringing hope, providing opportunities and releasing potential.
In brief, The Message…
- Runs 9 ‘Eden’ youth projects where over 100 volunteers live and work in tough urban contexts
- Delivers around 2000 hours of youth work every month through over 300 separate activities
- Is in contact with an average of 5,000 young people every month all over the city
- Provides a safe ‘off the street’ environment for 500 young people every week using 2 high-tech mobile youth centres
- Visits 20 high schools every year with inspirational pop group ‘Blush’
- Helps break the cycle of youth crime through innovative work in the region’s Young Offenders Institutions
- Operates a top-spec arts and music training centre in South Manchester
I am waiting to hear if they will come on my radio show.
The crowd were entertained by 4 gorgeous girls known as BLUSH, with more stunts from 3 guys known as Airborne.
Also, in the crowd, was a tea-time God TV youth presenter - but the God TV website doesn’t have the list of youth presenters or its programme. I said hello. Then she suddenly ran off chasing her son, before I could get her name, and disappeared in to the mixing tent.
