Global Courant 2023-04-28 19:09:00
A 7th grade student from Michigan is hailed as a “hero” for safely stopping his school bus after his driver suffered a medical episode behind the wheel.
Dillon Reeves, 13, was seen on video acting Wednesday afternoon as he and other Carter Middle School students in Warren, Michigan, made their way home for the day.
“When you have an anchor like Dillon handling business on the bus, it was a really good day for us,” Robert Livernois, Superintendent of Warren Consolidated Schools, said at a news conference this week.
“I am so proud of Dillon as he has made a difference in this crisis and represents the very best of our students in Warren Consolidated Schools,” he added.
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Dillon Reeves grabs the wheel of the bus in Warren, Michigan on Wednesday, April 26. (WJBK)
Footage released by the precinct begins with the female driver waving her hat near her face in an attempt to cool herself.
She then picks up a microphone and is heard to say to a dispatcher, “I’m feeling very dizzy, I may have to stop… and I need someone to come get my kids.”
About 15 seconds later, the driver was seen experiencing a medical episode as the bus began to drift slowly to the left.
Reeves is then seen running to the front of the bus, grabbing hold of the steering wheel and putting his foot on the brake.
“Someone is calling 911 now, someone is calling 911,” he tells the other students as screams can be heard. “I don’t care! Someone is calling 911!”
Dillon Reeves is being lauded for his actions this week in Warren, Michigan, outside of Detroit. (WJBK)
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Once the bus came to a stop, a Good Samaritan walking by came aboard and helped Reeves with the driver, while another woman riding behind the bus got out of her vehicle and helped the students get out from behind , said Livernois, according to Fox2Detroit.
The station reports that the condition of the driver is now stable.
At a press conference with the superintendent, Reeves’ father said he is “very proud” of his son, describing him as a “little hero”.
Dillon Reeves tells other students to call 911 to help the Warren Consolidated Schools bus driver. (WJBK)
“I asked him, ‘Dillon, did you know what to do? How did you know how to drive that bus?'” his mother said. “And he said, ‘I see her doing it every day.'”
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Livernois said the district plans to honor Reeves with a commendation at a future board meeting.
“I’m going to present him with a resolution expressing appreciation for his heroic actions beyond what most people would do,” Warren Mayor James Fouts also told Fox2 Detroit.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
