Northwest B.C. teens hailed as heroes for stopping runaway school bus
Two quick-thinking, fast-acting young teens recognized their bus driver was having a medical incident and jumped into action in Smithers on Sept. 23.
“Then I could tell the driver was not joking around. I wasn’t scared at the time, I was confused, but knew the driver was in trouble and I needed to do something, so I jumped up and steered the bus clear of the trees we were heading towards.” From both of the teens’ accounts, the two didn’t have time to think, they saw the danger and reacted to keep everyone safe and to get help for the driver.“When the adults and ambulance came, we exited the bus from the rear door, and I checked to make sure no one was left on the bus, and after that was when it kind of hit me what had happened,” Fitzmaurice said.