I'M ON THE WEST SIDE NICOLE
SNYDER CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL
STATION.
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN
THE MIDDLE OF THIS BUS CRASH ON
I-95 TRYING TO STAY CALM AS
THEY CALL FOR HELP.
HI MA'AM OUR BUS JUST
CRASHED. WE DON'T KNOW IF THE
BUS DRIVER IS OKAY. HE CRASHED
NO A TREE.
OKAY. WHAT'S THE ADDRESS
30. OH, MY GOSH L OH, MY GOSH
MY HEAD HURTS SO BAD.
Reporter: 13-YEAR-OLD BOY
YOU JUST HEARD WASN'T THE ONLY
ONE REACHING FOR A PHONE AFTER
ONE OF THE FRIENDS SUFFERED A
BROKEN LEG.
CHRISTIAN THERE YOU HEARD
THERE WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO
CALL 911. MOMENTS AFTER THE
SCHOOL BUS WENT OFF THE ROAD
WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT 5 WE
BROUGHT YOU THE YOUR HONOR
INTEREST COMPOSED CALL FOR
HELP.
SECONDS AFTER HE CALLED AN
11 YEAR OLD BOY ALSO GRABBED
HIS PHONE KNOWING HIS FRIEND
12-YEAR-OLD WAS BADLY INJURED.
JIM IS LIVE AT WOLFSON CHILDREN
HOSPITAL WHERE THE BOY IS BEING
TREATED. JIM.
Reporter: I HAVE HEARD A LOT
OF 911 CALLS BUT I WAS VERY
SURPRISED BY THESE CALLS WHEN
YOU HEAR THESE KIDS AND THE WAY
THAT THEY HANDLED THIS
EMERGENCY PARTICULARLY THE
11-YEAR-OLD WHO YOU ARE GOING
TO HEAR FROM SHORTLY TALKING
ABOUT THE BOY WHO IS NOW HERE
AT WOLF SOP HOSPITAL WHERE WE
JUST LEARNED HE IS IN GOOD
CONDITION.
911 WHAT'S THE EMERGENCY.
HELLO. WHAT IS THE
EMERGENCY.
I HAVE AN EMERGENCY. MY BUS
DRIVER JUST CRASHED INTO A
TREE. AND MY FRIEND MY FRIEND
CONTAINED HE HAS A BLOODY LEG.
OKAY. STAY ON THE PHONE
WITH ME LET ME GET RESCUERS ON
THE LINE WITH US. STAY ON THE
PHONE. HOW MANY KID ARE ON THE
BUS WITH YOU KID 0?
WELL WE HAVE ALL GOTTEN OUT
EXCEPT FOR ONE KID CADEN. HE'S
STUCK IN THE SEAT.
I HAVE AN 11 YEAR OLD
INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT ON THE
INTERSTATE SHE'S ON THE PHONE
WITH US NOW.
YES.
OKAY I GOT FIRE RESCUE ON
THE PHONE CAN YOU TELL
BUS!BECAUSE
BUS YOUR FRIEND AND THE BUS
DRIVER HOW ARE THEY.
I AM NOT SURE HOW OLD THE
BUS DRIVER IS. CADEN IS 12
YOURSELF OLD AND HIS LEG HE'S
STUCK IN THE SEAT.
HE'S STUCK BETWEEN THE SEAT.
OKAY. IS EVERYBODY ABLE TO
TALK TO YOU?
YES. NO ONE IS HURT
SEVERELY EXCEPT FOR CADEN. HIS
LEG IS REALLY BLOODY AND.
11-YEAR-OLD OPEN THE PHONE.
HE'S THE ONE TRAPPED BETWEEN
THE SEATS.
YES.
11 YEAR OLD WENT ON TO TELL
THE OPERATOR THAT THE BUS
DRIVER HAD A SMALL CUT AND THEN
SAID POLICE HAD JUST PULLED UP
TO THE SCENE.
ALL RIGHT YOU ARE DOING
FANTASTIC. DID THE POLICE AND
EVERYBODY GET THERE.
YES. THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE
TRYING TO GET HIM OUT.
OKAY I'LL GO AHEAD AND LET
YOU GO. DID YOU A FANTASTIC
JOB THANK YOU FOR CALLING,
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
Reporter: WE JUST LEARNED
AGAIN THAT THE LITTLE BOY IS IN
GOOD CONDITION HER AT THE
HOSPITAL AND MANY HOPING HE
WILL BE RELESSED SOON. ALSO
HAD A CHANCE TODAY TO LOOK AT
THE BUS INSPECTION ALL RIGHT.
EACH DRIVER IS REQUIRED TO DO A
VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE BUS
BEFORE THEY TAKE IT OUT N.THIS
CASE ON THAT REPORT THE DRIVER
DID NOT CHECK OFF THAT HE
VISUALLY INSPECTED THE BUS WHEN
HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT BY HIS
SUPERVISOR HE SAYS HE DOES THAT
AT THE END OF THE SHIFT. HE
SAID HE INSPECTED IT JUST
DIDN'T CHECK IT OFF AND WOULD
HAVE DONE THAT LATER. WE ARE
LIVE ON THE SOUTH BANK CHANNEL
4, THE LOCAL STATION.
THANK YOU JIM. JUST SHORT
TIME AGO FRAN CAUGHT ONE BOTH
BOY WHOSE CALLED 911 AND THEIR
MOTHERS. MOTHER OF 13-YEAR-OLD
CHRISTIAN WAS VERY EMOTIONAL
AFTER LEARNING WHAT HER SON DID
TO HELP.
THOUGHTS MOM THOUGHTS OPEN
HEARING THAT CALL?
IT'S HARD. IT'S HARD TO
HEAR IT. AND TO KNOW THAT
JEANS YOU COULD HAVE LOST I
MEAN YOU COULD HAVE LOST YOUR
KID. THANK GOD NOBODY, NOBODY
DIED AND CADEN WAS INJURED
REALLY BADLY BUT THANK GOD WE
DIDN'T LOSE ANYBODY. BUT IT
JUST BRINGS IT ALL TOGETHER. I
HAVE NEVER HEARD THAT AND IT'S
HARD TO LISTEN TO. VERY HARD
TO LISTEN TO. I CAN'T IMMANUEL
WHAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH ON
THAT BUS. I'M PROUD OF HIM.
HE DID A GOOD JOB BUT IT IS,
IT'S TOUGH TO LISTEN TO. TOUGH
TO KNOW THAT YOUR KIDS WENT
THROUGH THAT AND EXPERIENCED
THAT AND THERE WAS NOTHING THAT
YOU AS A PARENT COULD DO ABOUT
IT. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
Reporter: FRAN WILL BRING US
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