A Bus With 27 Kids Flips Into An Alligator Pond – This Young Boy's Quick Thinking Saves The Day

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It all went down in Odessa, Florida where the unimaginable happened. A school bus overturned and landed in a pond. A pond which contained 12-foot alligators. 10-year-old Nicholas Sierra was among those on board the bus.

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Nicholas took action while remaining as calm as could be.

"Kids were crying and screaming so I grabbed a kindergartner's arms and put them around my neck and brought her to land," the fifth grade student recounted the scary incident to local reporters "And then I went back into the bus and grabbed two other kindergartners and also brought them to land."

How the bus ended up in a pond of gators remains unclear, but it appears as if perhaps the brakes on the bus went out. Nicholas said the following in regard to what he saw happen:

"The bus was out of control and I looked at the brakes, and when he kept on stepping on them, they wouldn't work."

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Parents heard about the incident and rushed to the scene. Meanwhile Nicholas and sheriff deputies were pulling kids out from the bus. Amazingly, all 28 kids were safe with only one report of minor injury.

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The hero's mom chimed in on how proud she was of her boy:

"He has a good heart and always wants to help people around him. I think we're going to give him a homework pass for the night."

The actions of this young boy and the other deputies involved was nothing short of heroic. The results of this accident could have had a much more tragic outcome. Instead, thankfully all the children are safe and sound tonight.