Chris DeShields was driving his Route 5 bus in Fishtown on Jan. 25 when he used the vehicle to break up a carjacking by scaring off the would-be robbers.
For Rep. Brendan Boyle of Philadelphia, the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee, the first month of the new congressional session has been “like drinking from a fire hose.” He’s at the center of the partisan standoff over raising the national debt ceiling.
SEPTA driver Chris DeShields is greeted by a co-worker as he starts his shift at the Frankford Transportation Center Monday. “I told the congressman I usually fall asleep during that speech. He laughed,” said DeShields, a veteran SEPTA bus driver with 17 years behind the wheel. He said he’s honored, of course, and looking forward to the trip — and won’t fall asleep in the House of Representatives.
For the record, there’s been no indication President Joe Biden plans to acknowledge DeShields from the House rostrum as he speaks to the joint session of Congress. “It’s so easy to be cynical,” Boyle said. “I think people are just craving things to celebrate and cheer that are inherently good.”
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