JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Five weeks after their school bus was rear-ended and forced to cancel a planned field trip, a class of kindergartners from San Pablo Elementary visited Jacksonville Fire Station 37 and then finally made it to the Jacksonville Zoo on Tuesday.
The bus crash left multiple students injured; four children required medical transport to local hospitals, school officials said. The incident prompted the original outing to be called off.
Before the zoo visit, the students toured the fire station and spent time with the firefighters and paramedics who responded to the crash. For the children, it was a chance to reconnect with the people who helped them. For the crew, it offered the rare reward of seeing those they aided healthy and smiling…