Ashland, Ohio, students, Catrina and her brother, Charlie, were riding the school bus when Catrina, sitting near the front of the bus, noticed that something wasn't right with their driver.
When she asked the bus driver if she was ok, the driver shook her head and pointed to her throat. Eight-year-old Catrina pulled the parking brake and ran to the back of the bus to tell the older kids.
Her brother, 14-year-old Charlie, saw the driver wave the radio in the air and realized that his little sister's warnings were serious. He went to the front of the bus and used the radio to call for help.
Charlie told WEWS News,
When I realized that something was going on, [I] went up there and grabbed the radio and then called the school because I knew that that was the quickest way to get help.
When asked how he knew to use the radio, Charlie quipped that he'd seen a few Dukes of Hazzard movies.
The adrenaline pumping through him probably made the emergency feel like a movie, and his movie watching paid off in this case, because help soon arrived.
Catrina was proud of her and her brother's response to the emergency, telling reporters,
My brother ... in the inside when something's going wrong, he's scared but on the outside, he's like calm and concentrated.
Details on the bus driver's ailment aren't known, but the driver has since been released from the hospital and has been recovering at home.
Crestview Local Schools Superintendent, Jim Grubbs, said in a statement,
The actions of these students were truly outstanding. They remained calm, communicated clearly, and helped one another in a situation that could have been much worse. Their families should be incredibly proud.
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