2023-04-28 20:29:16
Michigan, USA
Dillon (13) is celebrated as a hero after a dramatic incident
When the school bus driver suddenly loses consciousness, 13-year-old Dillon rushes to help and is able to stop the bus. The student gets a lot of recognition for the courageous action.
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Dillon, 13, rushed to the aid of a bus driver who suffered health problems while driving.
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A school bus driver in Michigan suddenly lost consciousness.
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The 13-year-old Dillon then intervened and was able to bring the bus to a standstill.
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For his action, the student is celebrated as a hero by the city.
After a medical emergency involving the bus driver, a 13-year-old student in the USA may have prevented a serious accident with his courageous intervention. Seventh grader Dillon Reeves stopped the bus with around 60 students in the city of Warren, Michigan after the driver lost consciousness. After the action was captured on a surveillance camera on the bus, the student is celebrated as a hero.
The dramatic incident had already occurred on Wednesday in Warren, north of Detroit. surveillance camera recordings show as the bus driver becomes visibly uncomfortable and she waves her kepi to fresh air. The woman can radio that she is dizzy and has to stop the bus. She then loses consciousness while the vehicle continues to move.
“I couldn’t be prouder of him”
Reeves then rushes forward, grabs the steering wheel and brings the bus to a stop. He also calls out to his screaming classmates, dial the emergency number 911. The news channel CNN, citing the fire department, reported that the 40-year-old bus driver was taken to a hospital in stable condition for examination.
“A quick-thinking seventh-grader saw that the driver was in distress, rushed to the front of the bus and helped stop it without incident,” said school district director Robert Livernois. The teenager’s intervention was crucial. “I couldn’t be prouder of him.”
Councilor Jonathan Lafferty also praised the “hero Dillon Reeves”. The 13-year-old had “prevented a potentially very tragic accident”.
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