{"id":17162,"date":"2024-04-02T10:44:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T14:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=17162"},"modified":"2024-04-02T16:29:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T20:29:09","slug":"hero-bus-driver-saves-kids-moments-before-bus-explodes-god-was-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2024\/04\/hero-bus-driver-saves-kids-moments-before-bus-explodes-god-was-with-me.html","title":{"rendered":"Hero Bus Driver Saves Kids Moments Before Bus Explodes: &#8216;God Was With Me&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17195\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2024\/04\/kia-rousseve-buss-driver_credit-Inset-Fox-8-live.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17195\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2024\/04\/kia-rousseve-buss-driver_credit-Inset-Fox-8-live-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WVUE FOX 8 New Orleans\/YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Louisiana school bus driver being called a hero after rescuing children just moments before her bus burst into flames is crediting God for her protection. Kia Rousseve, a 28-year-old bus driver for Community Academies of New Orleans,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/bus-driver-saves-children-new-orleans-explosion-8611015\">saved<\/a>\u00a0nine kids on the morning of March 13. She told \u201cGood Morning America\u201d her quick-thinking actions came after the bus started acting strangely.<\/p>\n<p>Rousseve said, \u201cThe bus started acting crazy and started jerking and going real, real slow.\u201d She immediately pulled over \u2014 and that\u2019s when she realized something was very wrong. She told NOLA.com, \u201cMy instinct is, like, \u2018No, this is not normal.\u2019 My instinct was, like, &#8216;Pull the bus over.'&#8221; That&#8217;s when a bystander ran over to tell her about flames coming from the bus. Rousseve quickly got the kids off the bus and to safety before she said it essentially &#8220;blew up,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/Living\/hero-bus-driver-saves-9-kids-school-bus\/story?id=108307478\">according to GMA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oVzeWTpWGUk?si=4r21vjaqfiyDaNna\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m just happy and glad that God was with me and I got the kids off the bus and got myself off the bus,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/mar\/18\/new-orleans-bus-explosion-children-saved\">Rousseve told <\/a><em>The Guardian. <\/em>The driver also shared her intention of remaining cool and collected during the ordeal \u2014 something she said she did for the children. Rousseve told GMA, \u201cI just had to stay calm for the kids because there was crying and running up the street, and I had to get them together, you know, make sure they were straight. We could have lost our lives. That\u2019s what I\u2019ve been thinking a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/Living\/hero-bus-driver-saves-9-kids-school-bus\/story?id=108307478\">continued<\/a>, \u201cEvery time I look at the pictures and like, wow, my seat was the first thing that caught on fire.\u201d Rousseve\u2019s employer is calling her a hero.\u201cHer ability to stay calm in the face of danger, ensuring not a single child came to harm, is nothing short of heroic,\u201d her supervisor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/bus-driver-saves-children-new-orleans-explosion-8611015\">reportedly said<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Louisiana school bus driver being called a hero after rescuing children just moments before her bus burst into flames is crediting God for her protection. Kia Rousseve, a 28-year-old bus driver for Community Academies of New Orleans,\u00a0saved\u00a0nine kids on the morning of March 13. 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