“The actions of the student who helped stop the bus made all the difference today, and I could not be prouder of his efforts,” the superintendent, Robert D Livernois, said on Facebook.ĭillon’s parents said their son’s heroic actions were reason enough to hold off on getting him a phone even more. The bus was swerving off the road.”Īfter word of his intervention on the runaway bus, Dillon was widely praised as a hero online and by his school district’s superintendent. The driver was eventually treated for an unspecified medical episode as the students were transferred to a different bus and brought home.ĭillon, speaking to CBS, said: “I just knew what to do at that moment. “Someone call 911! Now!” Dillon yelled as he brought the bus to a stop. Dillon stepped on the brakes, steered the bus away from traffic and eventually brought it to a stop as other students yelled in a panic from their seats. In a video that was captured by a bus security camera before it went viral, Dillon can be seen rushing up to the steering wheel after noticing that the driver had passed out during a medical emergency. A second student added: “I was looking on my phone.”Īnd yet another student said: “I was on my phone playing a little game.” “I had my AirPods in,” said one student, referring to a popular brand of wireless headphones. In the CBS report, several passengers on the bus with Dillion – who are the equivalent of year eight in the UK – revealed that they were immersed in their electronic devices when their driver began to lose consciousness as they were being driven home from school on 26 April. It’s a very powerful lesson, maybe a change-the-world kind of lesson.” Dillon’s father, Steve, told CBS: “What else are you going to do when you don’t have a phone? You’re going to look at people, you’re going to notice stuff.
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