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Reuters2:19 p.m. CST, February 5, 2013
(Adds details, quotes)By Verna Gates
MIDLAND CITY, Ala., Feb 5 (Reuters) - Authorities used a
hidden camera to watch a man holding a boy hostage in an
underground bunker in rural Alabama and moved in to rescue the
child after the suspect was seen wielding a gun and looking
agitated, according to news reports on Tuesday.The nearly weeklong standoff with Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, began
after he gunned down a school bus driver and snatched the boy.
It ended on Monday with Dykes' death and the safe recovery of
the kindergarten student, identified only as Ethan.
The boy, who turns 6 on Wednesday, was reunited with his
mother and taken to a hospital for treatment, but appeared
physically unharmed, law enforcement officials said.
"He's laughing, joking, playing, eating," said FBI Special
Agent Steve Richardson, who had visited with the child.
Authorities released few details about their extended
negotiations with Dykes or their decision to storm the homemade
bunker on his property near Midland City, in southeastern
