Paratransit bus driver saves disabled passenger before blaze

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Paratransit bus driver saves disabled passenger before blaze

Updated 2:20 am, Friday, June 10, 2016

PLAINVIEW, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who uses a wheelchair says she's alive because a New York bus driver carried her to safety when the vehicle's wheelchair lift lost power as the bus burst into flames.

Jean Jeune had been driving the paratransit bus in Plainview on Long Island Thursday when he smelled smoke.

Flames shot out from the engine as the bus pulled over. Jeune says the flames quickly spread and the wheelchair lift died.

Cindy March, who has spinal weakness and narrowing of the spinal canal, says she screamed, fearing she was about to die.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Paratransit-bus-driver-saves-disabled-passenger-7974648.php

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What was formerly the bus.

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Jean Jeune

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[ailsagirl]

1. Thank God there are "everyday heroes" like him

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[awoke_in_2003]

2. K&R

I hope he is honored in some way.