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nrthshgrl
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Applause! Applause for the bus driver!!
NYC Bus Driver Catches Girl Who Fell 3 Stories
by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
text size A A A NEW YORK July 17, 2012, 12:12 pm ET
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City bus driver was being hailed as a hero for saving a 7-year-old girl who fell three stories from an air conditioning unit outside a Brooklyn building.
"I just prayed that I'd catch her," Stephen St. Bernard recalled after rescuing the child on Monday.
"'Please let me catch her, please let me catch her.' That's all I could say," he added.
St. Bernard said he was walking home from work when he observed a commotion outside the Coney Island housing complex. He saw the girl standing on the air conditioning unit, seemingly unafraid and moving about.
It wasn't clear how she got there, but witnesses told the Daily News that she crawled out by pulling aside the unit's accordion-like plastic partitions that keep the air conditioner secured in the window.
An amateur video shows St. Bernard yelling up to the girl, telling her to go back inside when she suddenly falls and he catches her in his arms.
"I picked her up and carried her. ... She kept looking around. She never closed her eyes. She never lost consciousness," he said.
The girl was taken to a Coney Island hospital with minor injuries. St. Bernard, a father of four, suffered a torn tendon in his shoulder.
Neighbors said the girl was a special needs child.
Police said no charges were filed against the parents.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=156896742
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Xelindrya
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Applause! Applause for the bus driver!!
OMG ! Thank god for that guy!
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| Posted 7/17/12 1:25 PM |
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LeShellem
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Re: Applause! Applause for the bus driver!!
There's got to more to this story. How did she get on the ac unit and no one inside noticed.
 the bus driver.
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| Posted 7/17/12 1:26 PM |
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PearlJamChick
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Re: Applause! Applause for the bus driver!!
Amazing!
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| Posted 7/17/12 1:35 PM |
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CallaLily
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Re: Applause! Applause for the bus driver!!
Wow! Thank God he was there!
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| Posted 7/17/12 1:50 PM |
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wingsofsong
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Re: Applause! Applause for the bus driver!!
Posted by LeShellem
There's got to more to this story. How did she get on the ac unit and no one inside noticed.
the bus driver.
As a parent, you should know that a child can accomplish an incredible amount in a short time! She could have been left in her room for a nap, and woke up, and climbed out before anyone even knew she was awake.
That man is amazing!! Thank God for him!!
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| Posted 7/17/12 4:32 PM |
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KittyKatCopper
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Re: Applause! Applause for the bus driver!!
I saw the video on the news last nite...scary seeing a child standing on an AC unit!  For the bus driver!
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| Posted 7/17/12 4:45 PM |
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muffaboo
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Re: Applause! Applause for the bus driver!!
I read that the girl was a special needs child, dancing on the AC  Thank God he was there!
video
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| Posted 7/17/12 4:53 PM |
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lvdolphins
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Re: Applause! Applause for the bus driver!!
Posted by muffaboo
I read that the girl was a special needs child, dancing on the AC Thank God he was there!
video
This is what I read as well.
All children are so quick!
Thank Goodness he was there.
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| Posted 7/17/12 4:57 PM |
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