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elleng

(130,903 posts)
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 08:23 PM Sep 2016

Md. bus driver honored for her bravery on burning bus.

'Students and school officials honored Prince George's County Public Schools bus driver Renita Smith, who pulled 20 children off a burning bus earlier this month and went back into the flames to make sure she didn’t miss anyone.

The scene Wednesday was celebratory as students, teachers and school officials at two schools came together to honor a bus driver who risked her life for kids on board a bus when it caught fire earlier this month.

Students at Robert Goddard Montessori and Glen Arden Woods Elementary pulled out all the stops Wednesday for bus driver Renita Smith, who evacuated 20 children from the burning bus and went back into the flames to make sure everyone was evacuated.
At an assembly, a marching band serenaded Smith as she entered the auditorium filled with kids waving signs that read, “Thank You.”'>>>

http://wtop.com/prince-georges-county/2016/09/md-bus-driver-honored-for-her-bravery-on-a-burning-bus/slide/1/

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Md. bus driver honored for her bravery on burning bus. (Original Post) elleng Sep 2016 OP
I love this kind of story. People helping others selflessly Stinky The Clown Sep 2016 #1
Thank you Renita Smith. Stronger together. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2016 #2
"It's what I'm supposed to do" Stinky The Clown Sep 2016 #3
Good woman. ColemanMaskell Sep 2016 #4
Fabulous woman GeoWilliam750 Sep 2016 #5

Stinky The Clown

(67,799 posts)
1. I love this kind of story. People helping others selflessly
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 08:29 PM
Sep 2016

Good on you Renita Smith. Young lives saved by your good deeds and your concern for those in your charge. You are FOR SURE a hero. A REAL hero.

Stinky The Clown

(67,799 posts)
3. "It's what I'm supposed to do"
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 08:52 PM
Sep 2016

Her reply when asked why.

She is the kind of person I want for a neighbor.

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