DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: In Rockford, Illinois, a 10-year-old boy is being hailed as a hero. DeAngelo Lee took control of a school bus after an accident knocked the driver out of her seat. Police say his action may have prevented serious injury to other kids on the bus. Christine Lock (ph) of our affiliate WIFR has the story.</s>DEANGELO LEE, 4TH GRADER: My bus driver lost control of the bus, so then I looked in the driver's seat and she was yelling for help. And when she -- and then I got up in the driver's seat and I pressed the break.</s>CHRISTINE LOCK, WIFR REPORTER (voice-over): Ten-year-old DeAngelo Lee and his friend John Childress (ph) helped calm a very scary situation. Everybody was They were looking at the bus driver.</s>UNIDENTIFIED BOY: I should save was just sitting there, looking at the bus driver, and I told them all to sit.</s>LEE: ... That I should save all my friends on the bus, and so I got up there, pressed the break and the bus stopped.</s>GREGG WILSON, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION: I was on the radio, I was on the other side of town, and I heard the young man come across the radio, just "help, help," and he was looking for help.</s>LOCK: School kids go through bus safety drills twice a year, but many children never have to use what they've learned.</s>WILSON: Here's where training does pay off. You may not think it does, but it truly pays off in the long run.</s>LEE: I feel like I'm a hero.</s>KAGAN: As well he should. That is DeAnglo Lee in that story. Came from our affiliate WIFR.
10-Year-Old Boy Saves Friends by Stopping Out-of-Control Bus