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OT - This is awesome! My brother is a HERO!!

Postby Lilrock on 21 Mar 2009 15:04

My brother, Eric, is a school teacher...very cool guy, his classroom at one time was decorated to look like the bridge on the Starship Enterprise.
Yesterday he and 7 adults and about 38 kids went on a field trip to Atlanta to go to the aquarium. Went on a local tour bus. About 75 miles outside of Savannah around 6AM, one of the adults called out to him for help up front.
He ran to the front of the bus and the driver had slumped over, unconscious, bus going 60 miles an hour, heading into the median, less than a mile from the Canoochee bridge. He managed to pull the driver's foot off the accelerator and climb on top of the driver, steer the bus back onto the highway, find the brake in the dark, and pull the bus over into the emergency lane, 150 feet from the river.
Talk about crappin' yourself.
Anyhow, all is well and I have the coolest brother EVER! :D :D :D
P.S. Driver ok, never regained consciousness. Suffering from of all things.....dehydration!
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Postby E on 21 Mar 2009 15:38

Today, Uncle Eric will be THE MAN...

I'm so glad he's ok, that could have been really bad.
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Postby YUMIKO on 21 Mar 2009 16:04

Hi! Lilrock!

Oh!!
AWESOME!!
Your brother is certainly a hero.
Thank you so much Stewart&Nutters!!
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Postby rapa on 21 Mar 2009 18:46

Wow! great to hear a positive story, you must be so proud of your brother! 8)
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Postby njperry on 21 Mar 2009 23:07

Wow.

Way to go, Eric. Hero indeed.

Sort of thing that you never hear of happening to someone you know. Not that I know the hero here but I know those who do know him.
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Postby policerule on 21 Mar 2009 23:59

Good for him! We could use a few more heroes :D
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Postby Lilrock on 22 Mar 2009 01:32

[quote="njperry"]Wow.

Way to go, Eric. Hero indeed.

Sort of thing that you never hear of happening to someone you know. Not that I know the hero here but I know those who do know him.[/quote]

And you can bet if he hadn't gotten the thing in tow and they had all crashed into the river, his name would be all over the friggin' news all over the globe. But he'd be among the victims and not survivors. We don't get too much positive news these days, as you well know.
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Postby irishrose1969 on 22 Mar 2009 03:16

Yay...that is awesome. Glad your brother was able to act quickly and turn that situation around. That would have been horrible otherwise.

Yay Eric. Great Job. <virtual handshake and pat on back and THANK YOU!!>
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Postby Susan on 22 Mar 2009 03:50

That's great news! Thank you so much for sharing it. Indeed we do need more great news and more stories like this out there. :)
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Postby plutonic on 22 Mar 2009 04:20

WOW!
Awesome.
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Postby masayo on 22 Mar 2009 04:47

I was moved to reading his story...
I agree your brother is HERO!
I wish If the world have a lot of heroes just like him.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful story.
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Postby luddite lady on 22 Mar 2009 05:54

That's a great story. If there is anything in the press about it, would you mind sharing the link with us?
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Postby Lilrock on 22 Mar 2009 12:38

[quote="luddite lady"]That's a great story. If there is anything in the press about it, would you mind sharing the link with us?[/quote]


Hi Ludy! And here it is!
http://savannahnow.com/node/692943
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Postby DirtyMartini on 22 Mar 2009 14:44

Bravo, Eric. That's wonderful.
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Postby shyvixen on 22 Mar 2009 18:18

The fact that your brother is a teacher makes him a hero in my book already. The whole saving-everyone-on-the-bus thing is just icing on the cake. :wink:

Fantastic story.
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