Overview
- The Metro Transit instructor Kenneth Johnson helped rescue a trapped driver during a training outing on March 13 near 25th Street and Portland Avenue in Minneapolis.
- He pulled over, grabbed the bus fire extinguisher, knocked down the engine fire, and smashed a small rear window to reach the unresponsive man.
- He radioed the Transit Control Center, then left as firefighters and medics arrived, and the driver's condition has not been made public.
- Security video from the bus, obtained by WCCO-TV, shows Johnson taking the extinguisher, and the clip fueled wider coverage by CBS News and People.
- Metro Transit and coworkers praised his "heroic" response, though Johnson says he is not a hero and framed it as a real-world lesson for his two trainees.