When 17-year-old Graceanne Rumer realized that her school bus driver had collapsed from an apparent heart attack while driving her and her fellow students home she quickly jumped into action to save her fellow students from injury.
Rumer ran to the front of the bus, grabbed the steering wheel and veered the school bus out of the wrong lane where it was about to be met with oncoming traffic.
Speaking to NBC Philadelphia the teenager says of the entire ordeal:
“I just realized that there’s no one driving this bus … I need to do something.”
What might be most incredible about the situation is that Graceanne Rumer only received her drivers license two weeks earlier. Even as a novice driver she was able to think on her feet, when she realized 51-year-old driver Charles Duncan’s foot was in the way of the break she threw the bus into park and eventually brought it to a stop.
Three dozen students were riding on the bus during the time of her heroics and no injuries were reported by any of the buses passengers.
We haven’t been made aware of the driver’s condition at this time but it’s safe to say the 17-year-old hero saved other students from potential injuries or worse.
Are you impressed with this young lady’s ability to think on her feet and driver her fellow students to safety?
