Nigerian Man Honored In Houston for saving students in bus fire

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The sounds of cheering and clapping filled the Spring Branch ISD school board meeting Monday night.

"They're calling me a hero. I said hero? I just did what I was supposed to do you guys are mine I'm supposed to take care of you," said Sammy Agunbiade.

He's a modest man. But to students, bus driver "Mr. Sam," as they call him is more than just the man behind the wheel getting them to and from.

"He is much more than a bus driver," said Miranda Essing.

Agunbiade has been a bus driver for 21 years. He's gone to former students weddings and was even there when they had children.

"He's just a genuinely great guy," said a student.

He's a friend. A role model, and as the students learned Friday afternoon, he's a protector.

"I just noticed a pop when we got up Westview," said Agunbiade.

"First we thought it was the kids in the back making noises," said Essing.

Source: abc7 News