17 year old saves school bus-A 17-year-old girl with little driving practice saves a school bus full of students as the driver has an apparent heart attack. A 17-year-old girl with little driving practice saves a school bus full of students as the driver has an apparent heart attack. Rumer and about three dozen other students were riding the bus home when 51-year-old driver Charles Duncan suddenly crumpled to the floor at about 3:30 p.m. With Duncan obstructing the brake pedal, Rumer acted quickly -- grabbing the wheel of the moving bus and making a U-turn to slow it down and change direction, as it was heading into oncoming traffic, witnesses say. With still no access to the brake pedal, Rumer put the bus into park and successfully and safely stopped it, according to witnesses and bus company officials.
"I usually panic at like everything but I just reached over... grabbed the wheel and I pulled it over to the side and got off the road," Rumer said. None of the students was injured. Parents of fellow students, friends and school officials all praised Rumer’s quick thinking and action.
"We had three of our children on the bus along with dozens of other kids and the outcome could have been much different," said Renee Lawsin. "She did something very heroic." But Rumer dismisses being a hero, instead saying she was just the closest student to the front of the bus who had any driving experience. see video & read the news
"I usually panic at like everything but I just reached over... grabbed the wheel and I pulled it over to the side and got off the road," Rumer said. None of the students was injured. Parents of fellow students, friends and school officials all praised Rumer’s quick thinking and action.
"We had three of our children on the bus along with dozens of other kids and the outcome could have been much different," said Renee Lawsin. "She did something very heroic." But Rumer dismisses being a hero, instead saying she was just the closest student to the front of the bus who had any driving experience. see video & read the news
