While on the job, Florida bus driver has helped save 3 lives in 2 years

Able to stay cool, calm, and collected, bus driver Laronda Marshall has helped save the lives of three people since November 2017.

A former certified nursing assistant, Marshall became a bus driver for Miami-Dade Transit in Florida eight years ago. In late September, a passenger approached her and said another man on the bus was slumped over and appeared to be ill. Marshall pulled over and went up to the man, but her attempts to wake him up were unsuccessful. After calling for help, Marshall and several passengers moved the man to the floor, and she gave him CPR until first responders arrived.

Paramedics later told her if she hadn't performed CPR, the man would not have survived. Marshall didn't hesitate to step up, telling The Miami Herald she has "a love for people, and my instinct is to jump in and help." She also thinks it's important that everyone know basic skills like CPR, because "it could save a life."

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This was not the first or even second time she's had to react fast — in November 2017, she saw a man in the middle of the street who had been hit by a car. She maneuvered the bus so it blocked him from being hit again, and remained with him until first responders arrived. A month later, she saw a child in the road, and pulled over, bringing her on the bus and taking her to safety.