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Drivers quick thinking saves four disabled students from schoolbus fire in the Bronx
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A heroic schoolbus driver hustled four disabled students to safety Friday after his bus burst into flames in the Bronx.

None of the students - three in wheelchairs and one who uses a walker - were injured.

"I didn't have time to think about it," said driver Jamal Richards, 32.

"I just made sure the kids were out of the bus before it got worse. Once the kids were out the bus went on fire. I'm glad they weren't inside."

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