Hero Mom & Bus Driver Save Kids From Burning School Bus

Fox9 News Is there anyone more on top of it all than a mom? That was certainly the case in East Bethel, Minnesota, last week when Kari Thorp’s sharp eye and quick reaction time got 22 elementary school kids to safety after a school bus fire broke out. Thorp was walking out her front door to pick up her 6-year-old daughter from the bus stop when she spotted flames emerging from the bus’ tire well. She jumped into action, and with the help of the bus driver, Rick Gratton, got all of the kids to the safety of her front porch before the vehicle went up in flames. “As soon as I got out the door I n