{"id":66377,"date":"2016-06-17T09:17:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T13:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=66377"},"modified":"2016-06-17T09:17:24","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T13:17:24","slug":"army-sergeants-first-class-david-cooper-and-gracie-vaughan-saving-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=66377","title":{"rendered":"Army Sergeants First Class David Cooper and Gracie Vaughan saving the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"heroes\"<\/a><\/p>\n

CWORet sends us a link to the story of a pair of Army Sergeants First Class who happened to come across a bus accident on the George Washington Expressway near Fort Belvoir, Virginia the other day. The bus was packed full of Chinese tourists and it had turned on it’s side after skidding on the wet roadway. From the Washington Post<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Cooper said he ran to the back of the bus to throw open the rear door, but to his horror found it bolted.<\/p>\n

Cooper returned to the bus hatch, helping the Coast Guard officer who by then had crawled insideto reach passengers and get them off.<\/p>\n

But it would take more to free those remaining, Cooper said he eventually realized.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to lift the bus up!\u201d Cooper recalled shouting.<\/p>\n

Cooper said he, the Coast Guard officer and two other men counted down and then heaved. The bus slid a couple of feet.<\/p>\n

They positioned themselves again.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis time it seemed like the bus didn\u2019t weigh anything,\u201d Cooper said.<\/p>\n

Army Sgt. Gracie Vaughan said she arrived on the scene at that moment as the bus was righted, hearing it land back on its wheels with a thud.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me, it was amazing,\u201d Vaughan said of the feat.<\/p>\n

When asked how four men were able to lift the bus, the brawny Cooper was at a loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdrenaline,\u201d he said. \u201cGrace of God. I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unfortunately, one passenger who had been under the bus passed on.<\/p>\n

Cooper and Vaughan declined to call themselves heroes on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just see it as doing what should be done,\u201d Vaughan said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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