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Bettye Windom helped get children off a bus before it was about to become engulfed in flames.
… imagine riding on a school bus and not knowing it’s on fire. Tthat’s what happened to two dozen children and chaperones on board but a quick thinking hero. Flagged down the driver moments before the bus exploded in flames. Take a look this is near Georgetown,Mississippi a school bus from an area high school burned to the ground Wednesday.

It could’ve been a painful tragedy for families here but tonight we’re learning that postal worker Betty Windom save the day. She first saw the bus at an intersection as it was starting to smoke.

And then pulled behind at the driver of the bus in the students inside had no idea.

Postal Worker Saves Children on a Burning School Bus