St. Paul declared Ebro Ahmed Day for a school-bus rescue
The city and fire department gave Ahmed the Heroism Award for leaping aboard a runaway school bus and pulling the brake, keeping 19 middle schoolers and their driver safe.
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St. Paul declared Ebro Ahmed Day, and the city and fire department gave him the Heroism Award, MPR News reported. The honor is for leaping aboard a runaway school bus and pulling the brake. That stop kept 19 middle schoolers and their driver safe. The day and the award are the city's thank-you. They mark the rescue he had already carried out, when he got on the bus and set the brake.
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