What was the wildest thing that ever went down on your school bus?

I have two. In middle school, my bus once caught fire a block away from the school.

It was a tiny one, but enough to call the firefighters. We all piled off the bus and watched them do their thing.

They bought a second bus, which also caught fire. Eventually, we were brought a third bus 30 minutes later.

This was all during

the winter and we weren't allowed to walk back to the school because of safety reasons.

Never understood why it was more safe to have kids standing outside in winter next to a bus on fire

than walk them a block back to the school. The other time I was in first grade. My bus driver was a

crazy nice guy. He knew all of us. One day my aunt,

who always picked me up, wasn't there at the stop. He said that I could stay on the bus and

we'd drive back after the route. Maybe she was just late. We drove back and she still wasn't there.

So he asked me which house was mine. He drove us there and parked his bus. We rang the bell a bunch

and threw small rocks at her window.

Nothing.

Her car was there, though, so it was very weird.

My friend's mum drove by and saw us.

She offered to take me to her house so I could call my parents and stay there for a while,

even though it was her birthday.

The bus driver left and said,

Don't worry, she's probably just asleep. Turns out she was eternally asleep, and had had an aneurysm earlier that day.

I'll never forget that day or the nice driver who wanted to make sure I was safe before he left.

He even made sure to look out for me for the rest of the year.

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