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HERO: NJ Transit Driver Rescues Kids Stuck On GWB HERO: NJ Transit Driver Rescues Kids Stuck On GWB
Hero: NJ Transit Driver Rescues Kids Stuck On GWB The driver of a New Jersey Transit bus was being hailed as a hero for scooping up a group of schoolchildren stranded on the George Washington Bridge. Tires had blown on a New York City-bound school bus, disabling it, when James Desir came to the rescue of the driver, the 21 kids aboard and their adult chaperones as the group waited for a tow truck in the sweltering heat, NJ Transit's Lisa Torbic said. Desir, meanwhile, was on his way to the GWB bus terminal in Washington Heights to pick up homeward-bound rush-hour commuters, Torbic said. Port Authority police flagged down Desir, who welcom…

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by Jerry DeMarco