Quick-thinking mom saves school kids from burning bus

Quick-Thinking Mom May Have Prevented Tragedy

A mother in Bethel, Minnesota, is being credited with helping avert a potential tragedy earlier this month after she spotted flames under a school bus as it was dropping off her 6-year-old daughter. "Right above the tire I just saw a burst of flame when I walked out," Kari Thorp...

Hero Mom & Bus Driver Save Kids From Burning School Bus

Fox9 News Is there anyone more on top of it all than a mom? That was certainly the case in East Bethel, Minnesota, last week when Kari Thorp’s sharp eye and quick reaction time got 22 elementary school kids to safety after a school bus fire broke out. Thorp was walking out her front door to pick up her 6-year-old daughter from the bus stop when she spotted flames emerging from the bus’ tire well. She jumped into action, and with the help of the …

Quick-thinking mom saves school kids from burning bus

A mom who noticed her child’s school bus was on fire leapt into action to avert a potential tragedy. Kari Thorp first spotted flames and smoke coming from under the vehicle after her six-year-old was dropped off at home in Minnesota. In footage captured on her Ring doorbell cam, she can be seen running to alert the driver, and the pair worked quickly to get all 22 East Bethel Elementary students off the bus. As the students gathered on her porch…

Minnesota Mom Helps Evacuate 22 Students from Burning School Bus

A school bus fire in Bethel, Minnesota, turned into a dramatic rescue earlier this month when a mother helped evacuate 22 elementary students just moments before flames engulfed the vehicle, reported CBS News. According to the news report, Kari Thorp was waiting for her daughter’s school bus when she noticed smoke and flames coming from underneath the vehicle as it stopped in front of her home. She quickly alerted the driver, Rick Gratton, and t…

She Saw A School Bus On Fire. What This Mom Did Next Saved 22 Kids

Mom Kari Thorp helped evacuate 22 kids safely after the school bus caught fire. She spotted the fire and helped the bus driver. Both have been praised as heroes.