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WASHINGTON， July 9 (Xinhua) -- The percentage of U.S. citizens who feel ""extremely proud"" to be Americans has slipped to a new low at 52 percent， finds a newly-released Gallup poll.
This was down from 57 percent in 2013 and 70 percent in 2003， an indication that American patriotism keeps declining in the past two decades， according to the June 14-23 poll.
Americans' patriotism spiked after the Sept. 11， 2001 terror attacks， peaking at 70 percent in 2003， but has declined since， including an eight-point drop in early 2005 and a five-point drop since 2013， Gallup said.
""Americans' declining patriotism is likely related to broader dissatisfaction with the way things are going in the U.S.，"" Gallup said in a report.
In January 2004 when 69 percent of Americans were ""extremely proud，"" 55 percent were satisfied with the way things were going in the U.S.， but the percentage of being satisfied has mostly held below 30 percent since 2007.
Americans' patriotism stayed relatively flat from 2006 through 2013， but it has declined further in the past three years， Gallup said.
Since 2003， all major subgroups have shown significant declines in the percentage saying ""extremely proud，"" with the largest decline in young adults aged 18-29， from 60 percent to 34 percent， according to the poll findings.
Political liberals (36 percent) join young adults as the least patriotic major subgroup today. Independents， Democrats， nonwhites and college graduates also show below-average patriotism， Gallup said.
Americans' continued frustration with national conditions -- likely tied to their concern about the economy and lack of faith in public institutions -- is probably one reason patriotism is at a recent low point， explained the polling company.
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No one else was on the bus when the fire erupted around 7 a.m. southeast of Oakland, which is about 35 miles (56 kilometers) east of Omaha, Nebraska.
Investigators said the bus caught fire after it backed out of a farm driveway and into a ditch across the road. The bus was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
The remains of the driver and a student were found after the fire was extinguished
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Initial reports on the fire indicated that as many as 20 people may have been on the bus, but Ambrose said only the student and the driver who were killed were in the bus at the time of the fire.
Authorities identified the driver as Donnie Hendricks, 74, of Carson
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The bus was from the Riverside Community School District, which has about 700 students from Oakland and two other nearby towns. District officials said grief counselors were available Tuesday to help students and staff cope with the deaths.
"This morning, the Riverside Community School District suffered a tragedy when we lost a student and an employee in a school bus accident
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The district didn't cancel classes following news of the fire, but it postponed all after-school activities scheduled for Tuesday.
Bailey Rose, 18, told the Omaha World-Herald she took a weightlifting class with Klindt last year and remembers her caring and energetic nature.
"I know it's even harder for family members to deal with that kind of loss
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