Boy is named a hero after stopping bus when driver fell unconscious

A middle school student is being hailed a hero after stopping a bus full of children when the driver fell unconscious.

Cory Lewis was riding the bus from Fairgrove Middle School in Lumberton, North Carolina in December with 50 other students when a car slammed into the back of their bus, WBTW reported.

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Cory saw the driver had fallen from her seat. The bus was headed towards pine trees - so he jumped into action.

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"I got up from off the ground, I went up here and I hit the brake," he said.

He said he knew what to do thanks to his mom, Lisa Locklear, who has been a bus driver for more than 20 years. He learned what to do after helping her with her safety checks, WBTW reported.

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"I just feel in my heart that God put him on that bus for a reason," his proud mom said.

The Robeson County School Board honored the teen at a meeting this week. As well as the students on the bus, the driver of the car and the driver of the bus were not injured.

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