Emergency crews pulled up to a frantic scene at Elm Grove Road and Bluemound last Thursday. There was a bus in the middle of the road, the driver laying on the ground and another man pumping his chest. "From my standpoint, I just believe in providence," said witness Matt Collins. "We were supposed to be there at the right time."
Collins and his business partner, Damon Padovano, were waiting to turn left at the intersection that morning. "We were wondering, What is the bus doing, why isn't it stopping? Then we were like, there is no bus driver," said Padovano.
They pulled out of the way. Collins jumped out of the car and jumped up onto the bus. That's when he saw the driver, slumped over. "I braked and slowed down the bus, stopped it, threw it in park, checked for a pulse," said Collins.
Collins couldn't find a pulse. But he did find something else, two special needs kids on board. He concentrated first on the driver. He pulled the man out of the bus and started CPR. Rescue crews eventually took over, and the bus driver was revived. Thankfully, Padovano and Collins say, the kids seemed unaware and unaffected. But Collins refuses to take any credit for saving anyone. He points to his former friend and business partner James Shore, who died in the Arizona sweat lodge incident while trying to rescue others.
"That's an actual hero or someone who's in the buildings in 911 or is actually in peril," said Collins, "I wasn't in any peril at all."
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