Name: Harnett County bus driver helps kids to safety during fire
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Description: Monica Tyson-Crawford was sitting in the driver's seat as the right driver at the right place and the right time to get 38 kids off the bus, and to safety.

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Monica Tyson-Crawford was sitting in the driver's seat as the right driver at the right place and the right time to get 38 kids off the bus, and to safety.

YOUR FLU RSV AND COVID SHOTS IN THE SAME VISIT. >> TONIGHT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE SCHOOL BUS DRIVER BEING CALLED A HERO IN HARDIN COUNTY. THIS IS MONICA TYSON, CRAWFORD. SHE GOT ALL THE CHILDREN OFF OR BUS JUST MOMENTS BEFORE IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE BUREAU'S ERIC MILLER TALKED TO HER TODAY ABOUT HOW CLOSE OF A CALL IT WAS AND HOW SHE WAS ABLE TO STAY COOL IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EMERGENCY. >> IT TAKES THE RIGHT KIND OF PERSON TO DRIVE A SCHOOL BUS FULL OF KIDS ON A GOOD DAY YESTERDAY OUTSIDE OF BIN HAVEN ELEMENTARY WAS ANYTHING BUT GOOD. BUT THE PERSON WHO IS SITTING IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT WITH THE RIGHT DRIVER AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME TO GET 38 KIDS OFF THE BUS AND TO SAFETY. MONICA TYSON CRAWFORD WILL TELL YOU IT'S SOMETHING YOU TRAIN FOR, BUT YOU NEVER IMAGINE IT'LL BE YOU. >> NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS. TUESDAY MORNING, TYSON CRAWFORD WAS ON HER WAY TO BEEN HAVEN ELEMENTARY, THE ROUTE SHE DRIVES EVERY DAY WHEN SHE STARTED TO SMELL SMOKE. HE WASN'T A LOT OF THAT TIME IS A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT SMOKE ENOUGH TO GET THE KIDS CALL FROM A LITTLE BIT. CRAWFORD HAD A CHOICE DRIVE THE FINAL HALF MILE TO BEEN HAVEN OR PULL OVER. I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE MADE IT TO SOME CRAWFORD STOP WITH JUST ENOUGH TIME TO EVACUATE THE BUS WHEN SHE STEPPED BACK ONTO GRABBED HER OWN BAG. THE FLAMES HAD ALREADY STARTED TO SPREAD MOMENTS LATER, THE BUS LOOK LIKE THIS. HE WAS A LOT OF SMALL. YOU CAN HEAR THE HORN GOING AS IT WAS. >> YOU KNOW, AS THE BUSES, THE LETTER FROM THE FEATS FOR WAS GOING THE LAST ONE FOR A KING. AND SO IT WAS JUST IT WAS JUST REALLY HARD TO SEE THEM GROW. FOOD SAYS SHE KEPT HER COOL UNDERLYING WHO TRAINING AND GIVING CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS. >> THEY FOLLOW MY DIRECTIONS TO IT. SO I WAS SO GRATEFUL THAT THEY HAD THEIR LISTENING EARS ON. SHE'S STILL PROCESSING WHAT HAPPENED. BUT THAT HASN'T KEPT HIM FROM GETTING BACK BEHIND THE WHEEL BEING THERE FOR HER KIDS IN THE GOOD TIMES AND BAD. SHE DROVE AROUND IN SCHOOL TOO. I SAY THAT WERE TO DIE >> SO I MEAN, WHEN YOU STEP BACK ON THE BUS AND WHAT WHAT'S GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND? IT WAS IT WAS A LITTLE EMOTIONAL WAS WHEN THE MOTION IS VERY EMOTIONAL THIS >> JUST HAVING TO REDO THE SAME WORLD AGAIN AND GETTING TO THAT SPOT WHERE THE SMOKE STARTED IN >> BUT MY KIDS TO NEEDED TO GET TO SCHOOL. I WAS HERE SO I WILL ALWAYS BE HERE. AND WITH MILLER, THE NEWS HARNETT COUNTY. >> AND WE'RE ALSO LOOTING HER TONIGHT OR HEAD AND THE HEART ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. HARNETT COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM SAYS THEY'RE BRINGING IN A THIRD-PARTY INVESTIGATOR TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THEY SAY THERE WERE NO KNOWN ISSUES WITH THE BUS AND

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Harnett County bus driver helps kids to safety during fire

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