From Springfiled, Massachusetts: "Valentine's Day story of love at first sight," by Tom Shea for The Republican on MassLive.com

It was springtime, 1980, the afternoon hinting at the coming summer vacation. An overcrowded school bus from Springfield’s former Technical High School took a right off State Street to Main and pulled up in front of what back then was called the Civic Center.



Orlando Santiago was on the bus, standing, squished, bumping into the guy in front of him every time the vehicle accelerated, and the guy behind him when the bus braked.


Out of habit, he checked the bus stop sprawl. 

“People everywhere,” Orlando recalls. “No chance anyone getting on our bus.” Then Orlando saw her. She was inching her way toward the bus.

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