A Louisiana school bus driver being hailed a hero after rescuing children just moments before her bus caught fire is crediting God for her protection.
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Kia Rousseve, a 28-year-old bus driver for Community Academies of New Orleans, saved nine kids the morning of March 13. She told Good Morning America her quick-thinking actions came after the bus started acting strangely.
“The bus started acting crazy and started jerking and going real, real slow,” Rousseve said.
She immediately pulled over — and that’s when she realized something was very wrong.
“My instinct is, like, ‘No, this is not normal,'” she told NOLA.com. “My instinct was, like, ‘Pull the bus over.'”
That’s when a bystander ran over to tell her about flames coming from the bus. Rousseve quickly got the kids off the bus and to safety before she said it essentially “blew up,” according to GMA.
“I’m just happy and glad that God was with me and I got the kids off the bus and got myself off the bus,” Rousseve told The Guardian.
The driver also shared her intention of remaining cool and collected during the ordeal — something she said she did for the children.
“I just had to stay calm for the kids, because there was crying and running up the street, and I had to get them together, you know, make sure they were straight,” Rousseve told GMA. “We could have lost our lives. That’s what I’ve been thinking a lot.”
She continued, “Every time I look at the pictures and like, wow, my seat was the first thing that caught on fire.”
Rousseve’s employer is calling her a hero.
“Her ability to stay calm in the face of danger, ensuring not a single child came to harm is nothing short of heroic,” her supervisor reportedly said.
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