article_snippet.sent: The driver stopped to see if men in a white van needed help.
article_snippet.sent: The driver and older boys were able to stack mattresses to a hole in the top of the van.
article_snippet.sent: He was a courageous man,' Medrano said of Ray, the driver. '
article_snippet.sent: He kept 26 scared children in line and made us feel safe.'
article_snippet.sent: But even when The driver and older boys started to escape, The driver and older boys feared The driver and older boys were waiting outside for The driver and older boys, she said.
article_snippet.sent: The hero: Ed Ray Jr. the school bus driver was hailed as a hero for helping 26 students escape after three men kidnapped the group died in 2012 .