The Brief
- Gwinnett bus driver Jose Rivera-Perez helped evacuate students from a burning bus.
- He used a fire extinguisher to help put out the flames.
- Rivera-Perez received the Rotary Club’s Hidden Hero Award and a $750 prize.
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. – A Gwinnett County Public Schools bus driver was honored for helping save students from a burning school bus.
The backstory:
District officials said Jose Rivera-Perez, a Special Education Bus Manager at Radloff Middle School, responded quickly on Aug. 12 after hearing that a nearby bus had caught fire.…