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School bus driver hailed a hero for rescuing 22 students from raging fire
CBSNews ^ | 11/20/2018 | CBS

Posted on 11/20/2018 12:12:39 PM PST by sodpoodle

A remarkable story of a school bus driver's heroism is emerging from the devastating fire in Paradise, California. On Nov. 8, Kevin McKay responded to an emergency call. He went to Ponderosa Elementary, picked up 22 students, and drove them away from the fast-moving Camp Fire. Knowing his own family had evacuated, he felt it was his responsibility to make sure so many other children were safe as well.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: campfire; heroes; paradiseca
Had to excerpt it - so read it at the link.

Courageous man.

1 posted on 11/20/2018 12:12:39 PM PST by sodpoodle
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To: sodpoodle

Great story. Thanks for posting.

America is full of such people to head into danger to save others. It’s the complete antithesis of big state nanny government; those bastards would be sitting it out, waiting for “government to do something.”


2 posted on 11/20/2018 12:16:19 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

He drove in that inferno for FIVE HOURS!!!!


3 posted on 11/20/2018 12:28:00 PM PST by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: sodpoodle

Could’a used him in New Orleans a few years back...


4 posted on 11/20/2018 1:08:29 PM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: sodpoodle

Took them 5 hrs to go 30 miles to get away. Video @ 2:40 “... the firemen were going the other direction...” (into the heart of the fire they had just escaped).


5 posted on 11/20/2018 1:33:11 PM PST by cyn (Thanksgiving blessings)
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