A driver is being lauded for his heroism after his school bus caught fire in Queens and he was able to get all six of the young children he was transporting to safety. AliBaumanTV has the story.
Thankfully, nobody was injured, but it could have been much worse if it wasn't for the heroism of the person behind the wheel of what's now a totally charred out school bus.The driver said he had six kids between the ages of 5 and 11 on board and was taking them home from school when all of a sudden the front engine on the bus started smoking.
The flames spread quickly, but the driver stayed calmed and got all the kids off and they waited until their parents picked them up."There was diesel fuel involved in the fire and once that really caught, it ignited rapidly," FDNY Battalion Chief Brian Hanrahan said."I went to open the door and I burned myself," Arabova said."I was very upset and I cannot help."
"There was heavy fire. Actually, the flames were as high as the fourth-floor window," Hanrahan said."It was almost like a fire tornado. But I just wanted to say the bus driver did an excellent job getting the kids -- there were six kids still on the bus and he got them off quickly before the fire really took off."
"I pulled them out the front and opened up the back door to get them out," the driver said. '"Don't be scared. Everything is going to be all right.' And I called the parents, the school, the company. They were panicking. They are kids, you know.""I heard the bus driver saying, 'Lets go fast. Let's go. Go out. The bus gonna burn,'" Arabova said.One man named Ariel came for his 10-year-old brother.
"He told me a few of his friends on the bus started crying. He was trying to calm them down as well because he's a strong kid at heart," Ariel said.
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