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Dillon Reeves

As usual, Sunday is the day that I pay tribute to heroes.

How many of you recognize this name, Dillon Reeves? 

He is a Michigan 7th grader who pulled off the heroic act of stopping a school bus carrying around 66 students after his bus driver lost consciousness at the wheel.

The seventh grader who took control of his school bus after the driver passed out told his parents he knew what to do because he watched the driver do it every day. 

The student was riding the bus home from Carter Middle School in Warren, Michigan, on Wednesday when the bus driver “became lightheaded and lost consciousness,” Superintendent Robert Livernois said in a statement.

Livernois wrote that the “quick-thinking” seventh grader — who was later identified as Dillon Reeves — “saw the driver in distress, stepped to the front of the bus, and helped bring it to a stop without incident.”

At a press conference on Thursday afternoon, Livernois said Reeves had the “wherewithal” to know not to slam on the hand break, but to instead slowly press down on it until the bus safely eased to a stop.

In the video, Dillon Reeves stops the bus and is heard telling his fellow students, “Someone call 911, now!” Students can be heard screaming in the background.

His father Steve Reeves added that it probably helped that his son does not have a cell phone, which makes him more observant of his surroundings. 

When the chips were down, Dillon Reeves calmly acted like the hero that he is.

5/7/23

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