Summary

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Thursday
Milwaukee

:24-:30
Keyon Finkley
Bus Driver

:31-:46
Bus Camera
February 2024
MCTS
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A WISCONSIN BUS DRIVER IS BEING PRAISED FOR HIS QUICK THINKING WHEN HE SAW A HALF-CLOTHED TODDLER RUNNING DOWN A BUSY STREET
THAT DRIVER IS NOW SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE INCIDENT LAST MONTH
AS ELAINE ROJAS-CASTILLO REPORTS -- THE DRIVER HAS CHILDREN OF HIS OWN AND SAYS THAT COMPELLED HIM TO JUMP INTO ACTION
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Keyon Finkley/Bus Driver: I got scared and instantly went daddy mode
KEYON FINKLEY HAS DRIVEN HIS BUS ALL AROUND MILWAUKEE FOR MORE THAN FOUR YEARS
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Keyon Finkley: Capitol Drive is one of the most dangerous street I live on Capitol Drive and I know how bad it can be
HE SAYS HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS ROUTE WHEN HE SPOTTED SOMETHING HE COULDN'T BELIEVE
Keyon Finkley: They train us to look two or three blocks ahead, able to know everything around us When I seen the little boy that starting to come out to my right side and start running in traffic
IN THIS SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE, YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE BOY WALKING BAREFOOT ALONG THE ROAD
SECONDS LATER, KEYON PULLS OVER INTO THE BIKE LANE AND SCOOPS THE TODDLER OUT OF THE WAY BEFORE HE CAN MAKE HIS WAY TO THE INTERSECTION
Keyon Finkley: I got scared and I in that I need to get there and angle my bus and get him on my bus so I can keep him safe
AFTER PLACING THE BOY IN HIS SEAT WHILE THEY WAITED FOR POLICE, KEYON SAYS HE COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT HIS OWN FOUR CHILDREN
Keyon Finkley: That could be my son somehow got out of the house and I would want somebody to be there for my son So I had to be there for that boy and treat him like he was my son at that time protect him the best I can to please get there
MCTS SAYS THE LITTLE BOY WAS THE 14TH CHILD ONE OF THEIR DRIVERS HAS SAVED IN RECENT YEARS
MILWAUKEE POLICE TELL US THE BOY WASN'T HURT AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SAFELY REUNITE HIM WITH HIS FAMILY
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WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE BUS DRIVER RESCUE CAUGHT ON CAMERA