11 News reported that a Maryland school bus driver whose bus burst into flames on went back into the vehicle and saved 20 children.
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The fire occurred while the school bus was parked with 20 children on their way to an elementary school. The driver, Renita Smith, returned and helped the children out one by one before going back one last time to make sure she had gotten everyone.
“I am a mom of two kids; it’s my job to save them,” Smith said. “My biggest reward is my babies are safe. Because whenever I drive any school, they’re my children until I drop them off to their biological parents.”
The cause of the fire is under investigation, but all the children made it out without any injuries.
