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

WTOP News (Washington DC) ^ | September 28, 2016 7:31 pm | Megan Cloherty | @ClohertyWTOP

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LANHAM, Md. — The Prince George’s County Public School system has been rocked by allegations of abused students and teacher misconduct. But 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.

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[the OlLine Rebel]

Wow. Just wow.

MD ping.

Good to hear something UPLIFTING from this community. And that a hero is being appreciated, rather than a bum being held up as some poor innocent victim.

[NonValueAdded]

God Bless her

[Flick Lives]

Holy moly! It started as a tire fire. Looks like the fuel tank went up.

[Robert DeLong]

Wow, kudos to the woman she deserves all that the good things she should reap for this act of bravery.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

God bless her.

Maryland “Freak State” PING!

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Kudos and much respect to this brave woman.

[COBOL2Java]

“I didn’t do it for this,” Smith said after the program in her honor. “I did it because that’s what I’m supposed to do. I’m a mommy. And mommy rocks out for her babies.”

[Bigg Red]

Wonderful story. She is a true heroine, a good woman.