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(HD) [FULL] Buffalo Bus Driver Coaxes Suicidal Woman Off Bridge CCTV Video
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(HD) [FULL] Buffalo Bus Driver Coaxes Suicidal Woman Off Bridge CCTV Video
  • Published_at:2013-10-30
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  • description: [FULL] Buffalo Bus Driver Coaxes Suicidal Woman Off Bridge CCTV Video [FULL] Buffalo Bus Driver Coaxes Suicidal Woman Off Bridge CCTV Video [FULL] Buffalo Bus Driver Coaxes Suicidal Woman Off Bridge CCTV Video [FULL] Buffalo Bus Driver Coaxes Suicidal Woman Off Bridge CCTV Video Buffalo Bus Driver Coaxes Suicidal Woman Off Bridge Buffalo Bus Driver Coaxes Suicidal Woman Off Bridge Buffalo Bus Driver Coaxes Suicidal Woman Off Bridge Buffalo bus driver Darnell Barton was crossing a bridge when he noticed a woman standing over the guard rail ready to jump. Thats when he intervened to save her life. us driver Darnell Barton had just picked up 20 McKinley High School students eager to get home on a recent Friday afternoon and start their weekend. They would have to wait a little longer than usual while Barton saved a womans life and taught an unexpected lesson in human compassion. As the 37-year-old driver pulled away from the school bus stop at about 3:50 p.m. Oct. 18, heading southbound on Elmwood Avenue, he saw a disturbing sight on the Scajaquada Expressway overpass. A woman was on the opposite side of the railing leaning out above the traffic below. "I didnt think it was real with everything else going on around her. Traffic was proceeding as normal and a couple of pedestrians walked right by her and a bicyclist rode by. I mean, they were inches from her," said Barton, who instinctively stopped his bus and opened the doors. "Do you need help?" he asked. She looked at him and then back at the traffic on the expressway, from her precarious perch on the west side of the overpass. Barton called the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authoritys Metro Bus dispatcher and reported what was happening. But the reality of the situation struck him when he heard one of the students weeping and saying, "I dont want to see someone die." Cautiously, Barton stepped from the bus. He made his move when he was within a few steps of the woman. "She turned back to look at me and then back at the traffic and thats when I kind of lunged and got my left arm around her body," Barton said. "I asked her, Do you want to come on this side of the guard rail now? and that was the first time she spoke to me and said, Yeah. " Barton said he helped her over the railing and suggested they have a seat. "We both sat on the sidewalk right there on Elmwood Avenue and I asked, Where are you from? I tried to get some information. She wasnt forthcoming. She looked down and then looked up and said, You smell good. " The simple remark brought a sense of relief to the bus driver, whod splashed on some cologne that day before leaving for work. "She wasnt that detached," he said. Other concerned individuals arrived. A state prison corrections officer, who had been on the expressway and pulled his vehicle over, climbed up the embankment. A woman who identified herself as a crisis counselor talked to the unidentified twenty something woman. "The counselor was tender and compassionate," said Barton, who never learned why the young woman had been driven to the point of despair to nearly take her own life. Buffalo police and firefighters arrived as did police from nearby SUNY Buffalo State and the Buffalo Psychiatric Center. Another bus was dispatched to take the young passengers on their way while Barton, a Buffalo resident, stayed at the scene to give police an account of what had happened. "Darnell wont tell you this, but when he went back on his bus, the McKinley students gave him a round of applause," said C. Douglas Hartmayer, NFTA spokesman, adding that authority officials only recently learned of the drivers heroic actions from earlier this month. "Thats because of Darnells modesty, which speaks to his demeanor of being very humble." In fact, after Barton had given a statement, he continued to work, driving the outbound Route 5 route before completing his shift. When his adrenalin had settled down and he had time to reflect, Barton recalled thinking to himself how he had done the right thing. But rather than allow the spotlight to shine on him Tuesday during an interview, Barton, who drove school buses for years before landing an NFTA job three years ago, said he was impressed with the way the students on his bus had behaved. "They were great. They sat there quietly. It was an encouragement to me. Oftentimes we look at young people and we forget we were young," he said. "As each of them got off the bus, they shook my hand." They are not the only ones who admire Barton.
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