{"id":292781,"date":"2023-06-09T16:37:37","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T21:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=292781"},"modified":"2023-06-09T15:20:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T20:20:22","slug":"pregnant-driver-saves-students-burning-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pregnant-driver-saves-students-burning-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant driver saves dozens of students before school bus erupts in flames"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>A pregnant bus driver from Wisconsin is being <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/pregnant-driver-saves-students-school-bus-moments-before-it-catches-fire-7507841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hailed a hero<\/a> after she evacuated a bus full of children moments before the vehicle burst into flames.<\/p>\n<p>Imunek (pronounced &#8220;I&#8217;m unique&#8221;) Williams, who is eight months pregnant, was driving her normal bus route in Milwaukee when she noticed her bus start to fill with smoke. She immediately pulled over and instructed the 37 students, who ranged in age from kindergarten to high school, to get off the bus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My mommy instincts kicked in really fast,&#8221; Williams told WTMJ-TV.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gZP6GoweF2I\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Williams said that the smoke was so thick, she had difficulty calling for help on the radio.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t barely get what I was trying to say out because of the smoke was hitting me in the face in my eyes so I was just like OK forget the radio. Just got the kids off the bus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She made sure all the children lined up along a nearby fence, then the bus ignited.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was the last person off,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/parents\/pregnant-driver-saves-kids-burning-school-bus-milwaukee-rcna87453\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Williams, per WTMJ-TV. \u201cOnce I get off, I turned around and I just seen [sic] flames. I wanted to make sure that I was safe, baby was safe and you know if it was my kid on the bus I would&#8217;ve wanted one of the bus drivers to act the same way that I did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It just feels good that I was able to get them off and no one was hurt,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/pregnant-driver-saves-students-school-bus-moments-before-it-catches-fire-7507841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/target-petition\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_campaign=lan_website&amp;utm_content=target_petition\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-292702\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LA23MAY_TargetPetition_resized-700x180.jpg\" alt=\"Target petition\" width=\"700\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LA23MAY_TargetPetition_resized-700x180.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LA23MAY_TargetPetition_resized-300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LA23MAY_TargetPetition_resized-768x198.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LA23MAY_TargetPetition_resized-500x129.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LA23MAY_TargetPetition_resized.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Williams was taken to the hospital as a precaution, but both she and her baby are doing fine. She showed up to work the next morning ready to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey actually weren\u2019t expecting to see me,\u201d Williams <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/06\/03\/pregnant-school-bus-driver-evacuates-students-seconds-before-bus-bursts-into-flames\/\">said<\/a> of the students. \u201cThey were like, \u2018Oh you\u2019re back? You didn\u2019t get burned up?\u2019 I said \u2018No, I\u2019m still here.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Williams said she was happy that everyone made it through the incident safely. &#8220;Everyone&#8217;s okay so that just makes me happy,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/give.liveaction.org\/general-donation\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_campaign=monthly&amp;utm_content=article\"><i><strong>Did you know that as little as $10 a month is enough to reach more than 3,000 people with the truth about abortion that no one else is telling them? 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