The story of William Cimillo, a New York City bus driver who snapped one day in 1947, left his regular route in the Bronx, and drove his municipal bus down to Florida. This story originally aired on <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/539/the-leap" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This American Life</a>.

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