Fifth-Grader Rescues School Bus Full of Classmates After Deadly Freak Accident

Drowning

Aside from Lenoir, a number of first- and second-grade children were still stuck on the bus, which was steadily filling with water. Nicholas swam back toward the overturned vehicle. He grabbed a first-grader, and a second-grader climbed onto his back. Nicholas wasn't much larger than either of them, but the adrenaline afforded him extra strength...

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