CLEVELAND — The 11-year-old boy who steered a runaway school bus to safety said Wednesday he did it because he saw a truck coming at them and because his brother also was on the bus. David Murphy, right, said police and fire officials reassured him that he did the right thing, and so did his classmates.
“Some of them said I saved their life,” David said.
David and his brother Patrick were among 27 students on the bus Monday when the driver stopped for gas and to use the
restroom. While he was gone, the bus began rolling and was on a collision course with an oncoming tractor-trailer rig.
“I hurried up and turned the wheel,” David said.
He aimed the bus for the last pillar on a bridge to avoid going farther down the steep hill. The Associated Press
