Nigerian Man Receives Recognition In The US For Saving 30 Students From Fire Tragedy

The board of Spring Branch Independent School District, Houston, on Monday honored US based Nigerian -Samuel Agunbiade for keeping 30 students safe on Friday when their bus caught fire. Agunbiade said he heard a loud pop and saw smoke coming from the bus’s tailpipe. He immediately pulled off and within a few minutes the bus caught fire but he got all the students off the bus unharmed. Video taken by a witness shows the terrifying moment when the bus exploded.


While reacting to the honor, Agunbiade who has been a bus driver for 21 years, said: "They're calling me a hero. I said hero? I just did what I was supposed to do. You guys are mine. I'm supposed to take care of you."