Child left on hot bus in Spring found in parking lot

[@wjblllb]

Thank God for women like her who immediately reacted when she saw a child crying.

[@garden_geek]

Impressive that the 5 year old knew his moms phone number. So glad this story didn’t have a worse ending.

[@pmxxj]

when i was around 5 , i went with my cousin to the rodeo and got lost , i knew to go to a food stand and stand near the food stand , until a lady asked me if i was lost and i was able to call my dad. Its so important to teach kids those kinds of things because you really just never know what will happen

[@heostevelady]

Things are so weird these days I send my 6yr to school with a phone

[@maranatha8768]

That’s good parenting there

[@westcoastbred7745]

Why? You can teach a young child anything. Mine learned their address too before 5. Your kids must be remed

[@bali-b292]

Im 22 and still dont remember my moms number😂😂

[@RockSolid1023]

I remember in grade school, the bus driver would check every row front to back, back to front after the last stop. It took an extra 10 mins to check. It’s those little things that can save a child’s life. Thank God the little boy was a quick thinker and got out of the situation. 🙏🏼

[@burymebelowawillowtree9243]

Honestly it doesn’t even take 10 minutes to check the bus. There’s usually an alarm all in the back of the bus that should be disabled at the end of route.

[@foxsmith2349]

30 seconds; that's it-

[@cynthiamgrooms8195]

Standard protocol for a damn good reason.

[@donnaburton1240]

45 seconds tops

[@RASAAH777]

The little boy is a hero he saved himself ! Opening up a window and crawling out , then knowing his Mom’s cell phone number! His parents are doing a great job with him.

[@tiffanycunningham3409]

Yesss

[@Missangie827]

thankfully this young lady found that baby! the danger he was in both inside and outside the bus is terrifying-

[@lornaduwn]

I'm glad that he is taking legal action. It is not enough that the driver no longer works there. It was a whole hour and no one at the day care knew he was missing. When a child who normally takes the bus in doesn't show up they need to recheck the bus or call the parent immediately

[@RaoVenu]

As a parent of a kid in daycare I wished it worked that way. Unless they use an app to do multi-point checkin (parent check in at bus drop off, teacher check in at school), it is very difficult to catch these situations as school at that age is very ad-hoc

[@lornaduwn]

@@RaoVenu Um...no need for an app. Take attendance. If the kid isn't there you ask the bus driver if the kid was picked up. If so, you recheck the bus. If not then you check to see if a call was made by the parent. if not, then you recheck the bus anyway and then call the parent to ensure it was an absence and not a missing kid. Yes, people can use common sense without technology...they did it for quite a long time before technology existed.

[@jimthomas7251]

@@lornaduwn , kid was over an hour late from school and Zero phone call from the mom ? Sounds like she read cared

[@lornaduwn]

@@jimthomas7251 Huh? As far as the parents knew, he was picked up and brought to school. How was the parent to know that he didn't arrive at school unless the day care called? Parents don't call to verify that their child made it to school on the bus. They call when the child is going to be absent. No absent call from the parents should have clued them in to the fact that something was not right and made them recheck the bus.

[@jimthomas7251]

@@lornaduwn , he fell asleep going to Day care center , so that means he did not get enough sleep the night before, And then fell asleep on a short ride to Day Care , Wow ! So why was he so sleepy that he fell asleep after standing at a bus stop waiting for a bus to pick him up ? Didn't he get any sleep the night before because he was up late listening to his parents fighting ? or was he up until 3am watching TV ? You got to be very sleepy to fall asleep with a bus full of kids and your friends ? Sounds like something else is going on besides some kid just falling to sleep on a short school bus ride with other kids making noise and getting on and off the bus , then wakes up a whole hour later only because he is hot , that's one sleepy kid

[@celestecortez9087]

Makes me sick that the bus driver quit after this happened and thought they weren’t going to have to deal with this. You definitely knew you did something wrong if you have to run away and try to hide

[@MaverickCadaverick]

Glad he’s alive and doing well considering what he went through!!!

[@ticketyblue3080]

I work with kids and we have a button in the back of the van you have to turn off when the van turns off. You need to go to the back of the van to turn it off, so you won't miss any kids. Plus, we check the vans before we leave it no matter what. We also count the kids over and over again.

[@ScarCaskt]

No apologies? Just, "the bus driver quit" If I had kids I'd pull them from that facility immediately!

[@timshannon6363]

Bus drivers are supposed to check every seat and under the seats to make sure nobody is left on the Bus, I was a school bus driver for Durham Transportation and It is part of the training

[@bernk808]

so sad that this human has no regard for another human's life

[@michaelbarbera1616]

The average bus is 25 feet inside. Make it mandatory with every school bus company to walk to the back while viewing driver side seats, then back to front of bus while viewing passenger side. It takes about 20 seconds. whatever the charges are filed when a parent knowingly leaves a child in a car is now the same for buses. If a child dies on a bus, it would likely be involuntary manslaughter charge.

[@lamara8497]

You're statement is to much like right! A simple solution that over paid idiots couldn't think of years ago. As a truck driver myself, this should be automatically part of the pre and post-trip process.

[@Jourdainist]

It would be involuntary manslaughter

[@michaelbarbera1616]

@@Jourdainist You are correct, adjusted to reflect correction as well as potential variables.

[@OU812-j7v]

Oh noooo... They need to close that place. Poor Lil Man. Our children are humans. Always, always check 2,3,4 times. Call out to everyone.... Stop and take a minute to make 💯 they everyone is off the bus. My son was left on the van.... Autistic and mostly non verbal. He knows my cell number now... No room for error. Prayers 🙏.

[@src3360]

Im so glad your children are humans! Id have so many questions if they werent....

[@_am.ber_]

That's pathetic, there's NO excuse. That is so dangerous

[@cardinmalone4974]

I don't care if the bus driver quits her job or not. She still worked for the company at the time. That bus driver was negligent, committed a crime and should be identified and arrested!

[@judymurray191]

There is so much incompetence in every field these days and unforgivable when it can put peoples lives at risk. I am 72 years old and have witnessed the decline of competence and accountability. So happy this little boy was not a casualty but he certainly was severely traumatized.

[@msg4141]

This is happening too often. Don't they have a checklist to make sure the same number of children that get on, get off safely?

[@donnah5378]

Can they just check the bus thoroughly at the end of trip?

[@k9thundra]

They're supposed to check the bus before they get off.

[@lorainejerrells7764]

I'm so glad this little boy woke up and got out. God bless thos women for stopping and helping him. Kudos to the parents for speaking up and teaching this boy your cell phone number.

[@juliegranzow8450]

It should be Mandatory for Anyone Driving a Bus to check the entire bus before leaving his job. It's just Common Sense that alot of people just don't seem to have anymore. It's really sad!

[@Deee0409]

Amen 🙏🏽 thank you Jesus , it is a blessing for that child to still be here 😢❤

[@dehartfamily3091]

It’s insane that Uber technology has better passenger pickup and drop off info than school busses.

[@deshawnmoon35]

This is so disturbing!

[@missladyanonymity]

Welcome to earth. I wish everyone, every family earned enough to have the option for one parent to stay home and homeschool.

[@PronatorTendon]

What? Most parents aren't capable of educating their children sufficiently

[@rickyspanish492]

Financial responsibility is one of the aspects of good parenting. Not being financially stable, having children, then complaining about not having enough to support said children is absolutely regarded. It's the parents' responsibility to be able to financially support their family. Are there bumps in the road sometimes and this get difficult? Sure, but if you're willingly starting out down that path then I think you don't deserve sympathy.

[@JM-zg2jg]

@@rickyspanish492 Unfortunately a lot of people agree with you. The societal costs of humans waiting until they are older to reproduce however, are quite high. Evolution doesn’t seem to give any fucks about our preferred economic model. Humans are better off reproducing while younger. The number of health and mental issues caused by waiting are only now being really noticed, and it isn’t good. Essentially we are letting an abstract concept of our own creation, dictate the slow decline and death of our species.

[@rickyspanish492]

@@JM-zg2jg Lol yOu GoT mE! Yeah? You sincerely believe MOST people would agree with that? I find that hard to believe considering their obsession with rights and freedoms while entirely neglecting truth and responsibility. You're familiar with the concept of responsibility no? Also, it's not "waiting", it's having the responsibility to do what's right, not what makes you feel the best. Children deserve to come into this world in loving and supporting homes. See, people think parenting is a God given right but is actually a privilege and they abuse it heavily. Your self perceived "right" to procreate does not trump the rights of those yet to be born. I agree there is a biological timeline to procreation, more for women than men, but do not conflate low birth rates and more single people to them "waiting until later". It's a consequence of complex social dynamics like women being so far removed from the vital role of motherhood that it negatively impacts men and womens' abilities to meet and form relationships (the starting ingredients for procreation). I will never back down from the notion people need to be vastly more responsible than they are. In my opinion it's a modern epidemic, lack of responsibility and extremely heightened sense of entitlement. Like every conclusion you made is absolutely ridiculous. You think that single individual concept (which I already showed as being unfounded and mischaracterised) is the reason for societal decline? I think you have no conception of what responsibility is which is why you place the blame in the wrong spot. People always try to skirt responsibility and make excuses. Sorry if you buy into your own b.s. but you won't fool me.

[@MrsMarie-gv9di]

@@rickyspanish492 waiting to long because of finances is a man's fear of commitment imo. It's a lie and an excuse. No one is financially or mentally ready to have kids. If we all wanted until we were actually ready, we'd be grandparent aged and retired. And by then most people at that age can't handle having kids around. Which is why they love having grandbabies (they can send them home.) Every situation is different. I'm not saying you should have a baby if you're living in the streets. But if you have food in your belly and a roof over your head and can afford it for one more person. There is no reason to not have a child. The population would be non existent if everyone believed how you do.

[@HoneyBadger80886]

Smart child.

[@nunya8903]

Quitting won’t stop child abuse charges.

[@saleenstringfellow9148]

No matter how advanced technology gets, make sure you ALWAYS know atleast 2 phone numbers by heart. My parents would rehearse with my brother and I, our complete house address, their names and numbers, and what to do in case of an emergency. Poor kid, I’m so glad he got out safely and knew his mamas phone number 💗

[@tiffanycunningham3409]

Right

[@whyamiheredlb]

I remember a time when bus drivers did not get off the bus and close down for school or the night without walking down the aisle and checking every single to seat to make sure no kids were asleep or hiding. This is not only a part of the job description, but as a human being responsible for little bodies it is a moral and ethical obligation.

[@sam-ocarter868]

i am curious, if no one was on the bus, how do you know the bus driver checked it every night? just saying. lol

[@lisa8793]

Thank you God for a good outcome. Thank you lady for helping... Precious cargo our children..

[@haven_lady675]

Stop leaving kids and pets in hot vehicles on hot days, people!

[@jasminerodriguez4434]

Lately this is all I am hearing. Little innocent children being left on the bus or taken to wrong bus stop or being kidnapped. Please please please please parents pray pray pray pray and pray for the protection of your babies. We are living in some horrific times. Talk to your babies pray with them talk to YAH it’s the only way to have protection.

[@barbaralemere572]

2 Timothy 3:1-5 Revelation 6 is unfolding now!

[@joycesparks49]

I so happy that he was okay I glad that he got out

[@johnsheetz6639]

I fell asleep on the bus when I was a kid and they didn't find me till the guy got home I don't blame him but it was scary for me

[@gloriauselton9897]

Thank God that little boy was so smart could have turned into such a tragedy!

[@MrsMarie-gv9di]

The bus driver is not the only one to blame. The teachers/directors didn't even know the boy was missing!!!!! Do they not have a check in process? For the bus and school? Do they not call parents of kids that don't show up??? Where are all the securities that protect children from this?!?!?!

[@lozinastinson3919]

Thank God that baby was ok!

[@zaraclara08]

This is so sad. I am so glad that he was smart enough to get out through the window and his mother was contacted. So glad that he is alright. I work for an ISD in transportation and we have to do a child check (no child left behind) at the end of the last route before returning to barn or parking structure. This child check consist of the driver and/or attendant must walk from the front to the back of the bus and look on and under seats. Then once to the back of the bus we have to put the bus empty sign up in the window to verify no child was left behind. I believe all independent school districts, counties/parish school transportation, childcare and elderly care facilities, etc. should implement this tactic into their daily routines.

[@angelica7236]

Wow. Now what if the child couldn't have open the window ???? So glad he is ok !! Smart thinking saved his life .

[@rockpaperreads]

The driver didn't check...this is insane.

[@mercedesmartinez8352]

What the hell!? Don't these bus drivers check that the bus is empty before leaving???😨 is it really that hard? Unbelievable. What the hell is wrong with people? That child could have died!

[@nalanijames3409]

They are supposed to walk the rows after being done for day.

[@edwinajohnson1012]

Right.. each bus has a tag hanging on the exit door at the back of the bus. Each day they are required to walk the isles after the bus is empty and turn the sign to the side that says "bus empty"

[@henry33h34]

This is happening way to much!!!😡

[@delyea]

If you read the headline. They make it sound like they just found a kid on the bus from this spring.

[@DMK48906]

Nope, I would sue too and I think the world is too sue happy. It doesn't take long to check the dang bus! I'm so thankful this didn't end in an awful way.

[@llamaArdiente]

They WANT THAT MONEY FOR THESE KIDS... They Don't want the RESPONSIBILITY 🙄

[@izziestevens5835]

Greengate Academy? What is that, like a private school? IMO those daycares are the worst. Where I live, four years ago, a 3 year old died after being left alone on the bus for over three hours after coming back to the daycare from a field trip. I’ve worked at a day care, and trust me, there are some that are really sketchy. It was so ghetto. There was this one employee who was trying to beat up a kid’s grandma after she was complaining about how her grandson had a bump on his forehead. That old lady locked herself in a restroom and DID NOT WANT TO COME OUT 😭 Those places are literally the worst.

[@SunsetDreamms]

They should be charged and prosecuted maybe they will learn to be more responsible with children.

[@cornelieusfields1169]

If you care about people. You would do a walk-through on your bus. Even if you didn't care you would do your job to its fullest to keep your job you walk through the bus look under the seats look on the seats make sure that everybody's off the bus. They just didn't care that's all

[@larajones175]

These school institutions are so incompetent it's disgusting.

[@thekeith-donovanexperience]

Great community work!

[@milena7043]

WTF IS GOING ON WITH THESE DRIVERS??????

[@lacyrussell6688]

Poor baby!!

[@Zzz2x]

id press charges and sue

[@nunya8903]

Do bus drivers NOT DO A SWEEP BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE BUS??? SMFH

[@tbrown4772]

This would have been a day I would have went to Jail........and then got out and file a lawsuit from Hell!!!!! Smh

[@jimkirk4357]

So, I hate to be THAT guy but WHY wasn't the kid smart enough to get off the bus at his bus stop? I rode a bus in NY my entire school life and NOT once did I STAY on the bus and neither did any of the other kids.

[@tellyboo2455]

Where I live , now they have the kids no matter what age , wear I’d badges that they must scan to get off & on the bus & we have an app to see where / when the bus is coming / going

[@janeysiegrist5061]

This could have become a casualty so easily..my goodness what a lucky and smart little boy.

[@charlessantee8329]

This is negligence that's a wander the child did not die from hypethermia.

[@erikhawes5489]

The witness is a hero

[@nikkinicole5588]

Thx God the child is ok.

[@briannekelley3887]

OMG so not cool I'm just so happy and proud that the baby did not pass away from this heat thank God that the baby is alive this is just madness is crazy how the f*** did you forget a kid on the bus b**** I understand long busy hot day driving school bus driving the kids off taking them home pick him up taking him to school etc etc what you got to make sure you doing your job right and well to make sure every kid is accounted for I'm just thank the Lord that the baby didn't die 💯

[@healingthroughchrist1988]

I think the bus driver was planning to quit that day anyway. And since she was quitting, she decided not to check because it was no longer her problem (her mindset). I think the parents should find out who the bus driver was so she doesn't get away with it and leave the school to take the fall.

[@rootfish2671]

This is why I never used a daycare. Too many horror stories.

[@LiveByDesign]

God bless that woman ❤️

[@virginiawells1839]

I guess it's different from state to state. In Florida, that driver would be sitting in jail. Drivers are required to do multiple sleeping child checks prior to walking away. Also the entrance doors once shut will open on the left side, but not if the right side is pushed. I am so happy this child was able to get off the bus, and thank God the lady in her car stopped and helped him contact his mother.

[@lynsilva6565]

Wow wat foolish ppl. Well at least she quit . But now the school will be sued and that's less money for them. Smh

[@lou6745]

This happened to my Grandson 12 yrs ago

[@jslack8973]

People are getting so reckless with children 😫🤨🤨🤨

[@LiveByDesign]

Sue the hell out of them! Because they should also account for all their students!

[@Plumbump]

Damn, he's been there since spring?!?!

[@d1gee3]

Boi if you don’t open your eyes and clean your waxy ass ears

[@maranatha8768]

Oh wow thank God she seen him.

[@miriamdiggler1288]

I sent my daughter to a state-funded day care program in 1996. She attended for 2 days. As a teen mom (I was only 16, my baby not even 4 months old), I didn't have my driver's license, so being state funded, I had to find one with "delivery" service. A day care van, I packed her up at 7 am, sent her off and went to school. She was "dropped off" at 7 PM. With a dirty diaper, screaming bloody murder, as I sat in the bay window watching and waiting and worrying for 3 Hours. Same thing happened the 2nd day and she would never go back. My mom had to take me to pick up her belongings to find that they never fed her. Never picked her up out of her crib. They gave her formula to another baby. My baby was the only White Girl there. And the very last to be dropped off. They kept her in a dark room, among other babies. After that, that daycare left babies on the van and they died. Multiple times before Raquel Rutlidge happened. Everybody is thankful, and that is why she received the Pulitzer Prize.

[@theempresss]

OMG I’M SORRY

[@Thelordismyshephard50]

So neglectful of the daycare! You care for kids, how can you forget a child and not one he’s missing from your care? Glad little kid knew his moms number and how to get out of the bus through a window. Parents good job teaching your child his phone number. I need to teach my kids mine😳🥺

[@susanpineda177]

Any school bus driver knows to walk the bus before exiting to make certain no child is left on the bus and usually, especially with small children, there is an additional employee on the bus to act as a monitor. Didn’t they have one?

[@tonylion1224]

negligence

[@droberts8703]

Check your vehicle before you get in and after you get where you're going

[@fmj-j2327]

They even hire drunk drivers to drive these kids shame on them

[@headandnotthetail2424]

Poor baby... what a damn shame!

[@kristybee8114]

I worry about my child riding a bus for this reason! This year I had him watch a video about how to open emergency exits on buses. I feel terrible that I feel like I can't trust other people to always make sure he's safe.

[@bettydamnboop3030]

Lord have mercy how scary.

[@raulsanchez6226]

Question here cause there a more then one neglect people, kids mom is not aware off his kid when time is longer then usual ? And driver need to pay attention to all child's on his bus also check before think is route is done to be sure nothing is missing special children's cause we have years of examples like this every where even with parents in cars with child's !!! 5 minutes of reality prevent disaster LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR LIKE YOURSELF !! Means everybody

[@droberts8703]

Not shocking after volunteering at schools

[@droberts8703]

So horrible

[@jslack8973]

Had to jump from the top of the bus????

[@teresacorley7874]

I know how you feel when my son was in kindergarten the school called me and asked why he wasn't at school they left him on a hot airzona play ground and did not account for him for a long time and all they can say is I'm sorry but they want you to be 100 percent accountable for your kids but they don't do thier job with your kids

[@edwardjcoleman4832]

This is unacceptable

[@hardpass9855]

Unacceptable

[@reneeeagan2198]

What do they mean in spring? I thought they left them then and just now found body at end of summer. Thankfully better outcome then I was imagining. Was just confused.

[@Cha-da-ska-dum]

Sad to see this continuing to keep happening. Oh my word 😞 you see my then 5yr old was left on the bus 21 yr ago in sept 2001 my child was 3rd to the last drop off. I waited outside my home as usual for her to get off the bus. I watched the bus just drive by me I’m chasing it down screaming wait where’s my child? Nope the driver stepped on the gas and left the Area. I run to my neighbors home to call the school office which they was suppose to stay open until Bus drivers return. Well it was a payday Fri come to find out everyone at the school left thinking so n so is staying to answer phones. Anyway I had no car I had no home ph in my home so While in my neighbors home on her ph i Then called my sister to please go look at the school to find a employee or someone to find out what the bus drivers number was. My sister called the principle of the school he says well it’s a Friday everyone has left. My sister said my niece never got off the bus at her home with her mom the principle said well idk what to tell you. Maybe your niece got off at the wrong bus stop. I’ll call the bus drivers home hold on. The principle tried calling the bus driver with no response. My sister calls me back and says to me what the principle said. I was in shock no one was helping me find my baby. Then I catch the city bus into town to the bus barn and this is 3 hours after trying to find my baby. I get a cop to help me and dispatch was called saying a neighbor of the bus barn has called in saying there’s a little girl locked on the bus screaming n crying I want my mommy. The caller was on the line with nine one one dispatch as he was trying to tell my baby to calm down that he’s there with her. She’s screaming n crying tears falling down her face the man caller was terrified and choked up he spoke to my baby in a calm voice and was able to get my baby to open the bus doors she did and got off the bus & walked towards the kind man. She’s crying I want my mommy and daddy. She’s stuck behind the fence at the bus barn but in front of the man. The cop is telling me what’s going on my heart broke hearing my baby crying so hard she was scared and alone. Turns out the bus driver had a son in football and he was in a hurry to get off work to drive 78 miles to his sons football game. He didn’t double check the bus before getting off. My baby was asleep on the bus since she’s the 3rd to last drop off her bus ride home from school is over 1:13min on the bus normally she falls asleep after a long day at school. But this time the bus driver didn’t stop at my home was cuz he said he never saw my kid on the bus so he thot she was picked up at school. All lies cuz the bus has a camera it showed him greeting each kid giving them high fives. The bus driver was fired 3 weeks after the incident My kid went to therapy. I threatened to Sue the school for child neglect and the principle told me I couldn’t and if I tried I would loose. Ugh I regret that. I hated that my baby was left on the bus and thankfully that kind man helped my baby him and his wife was trying to give my baby a bottle of water cuz she was sweating and crying so hard. Oh tears running down my face as I’m reliving this. 😢 a mom will go above and beyond to find her baby n do what she can to protect Just thankful I have a strong bond with my now 26yr baby she lives with me today and we’re best friends. I divorced her dad but we still live in same small community so my kid still spends time with her dad in fact he hired her to work with him at the restaurant she’s a cook now aww just love my 26yr old baby

[@productionapostle1298]

Super concerning but obviously not done on purpose.. very happy they all are all okay

[@ottersloverclub]

Lawsuit

[@gangstertwist8118]

Smh this happened to my son in Fort bend. They forgot he was on the bus and it took them awhile to even figure out he was missing..imagine if he was kidnapped?? He would have been long gone. . Luckily it wasnt a hot day... I blame the teachers who took him on that trip .

[@paulready8897]

Criminal charges should be filed against the bus driver, for child abandonment, child endangerment, attempted negligent homicide and other applicable charges. I’m not a bus driver but I would walk down the aisle inside the bus to make sure there are no kids left onboard and nothing left behind by the kids, when the kids are dropped off at the school. I would also file charges against the school administrators for not even knowing a kid was missing or absent. Sounds like that school needs to be shut down as nobody seems to care about kids that are supposed to be in their care during the day.

[@kikimartinez2720]

My daughter is 5 years old and she takes the bus every day to school she takes an hour and 10 minutes just to get home from school on the bus

[@jacquelinebarbee6858]

What happened to bus monitors who were in place to help with the safety of the children. Seeing who got on and who got off. CHECKING THE BUS.

[@gaylethornberry4289]

Yeah the bus driver quit the bus driver probably has done this before this very thing happened to one of my grandchildren a couple years back

[@dippyduty6163]

So the mother gets called by a woman who finds her son. The mother then calls the school, who didn't know he was missing. Obviously, the parents didn't know he was missing either; else the mother would have called the school sooner.

[@healingspiritijn]

Ya think 🤔

[@dippyduty6163]

@@healingspiritijn Sometimes I think. I could be wrong, but aside from you, and the few who liked the comment; no one else picked up on that.

[@SuperMissblueeyes]

This child was failed twice; apart from the bus driver not checking the bus (which is bad enough), why the heck didn't the school do a roll call & contact his parents?!

[@kendallsimpson9983]

I’m sorry for your babies thank you lord Jesus Christ amen 🙏

[@kioanabaptiste7678]

Chupsssssss she should of checked the bus from front to back like wtf