Calm In The Storm, School Bus Driver Keeps Kids Safe
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ALEDO (CBSDFW.COM) – Parents are hailing their children's Aledo ISD school bus driver a hero after he kept 45 students safe during this week's storms.
"My whole world was on that bus. In a perfect world you would be with them and you'd be in a basement when that happens and that's just not life," said Karen Davis, whose children were on the bus.
They were two of many caught in the middle of a tornado warning just as bus driver Logan Tyer was making his last few pickups.
"It started raining extremely hard, hailing and the bus started shaking," said eighth grade student Max Davis.
As the high winds rocked the bus side-to-side, Tyer never lost his cool.
"I felt the winds really strong. I could only see 20 or 30 feet in front of me," said Tyer, who watched the storm intensify in front of his eyes.
Tyer took control, knowing he had to pull over -- and fast.
"We're taught to not park under big trees that could fall on the bus and to not park under electrical lines," said Tyer.
But it's what Mr. Tyer did next that has left parents and students feeling grateful as the hail started pounding. He told students to pack their things up against the window to prevent flying glass that could seriously hurt them. He also asked them to huddle in the center of the bus, talking to them on his loudspeaker the whole time.
"Our bus driver Mr. Logan told us to put our stuff against the window and pack it up against it," one student recalled.
Tyer credits his sense of calm under stressful situations to his training and the 28 years he worked as a football referee.
"I just did what I thought we should do and reassured them that everything was going to be ok," said Tyer.
"He's an everyday hero. I'm so grateful to him," said Davis.
Tyer even promised the children he would get them to school in one piece and on time and he did!
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