The windmilling fists and stomping feet rain down blows on the 13-year-old boy . Trapped on the floor between the bus seats , he cries out as he receives fierce punch after vicious kick from the three bigger , older youths . As the relentless assault unfolds , the driver of the Florida school bus alerts the dispatcher , pleading for aid . But he does n't physically step in to help . The bus driver , at least according to his school 's policy , did nothing wrong . The attack took place July 9 in Pinellas County , Florida . But the horrific cell phone video -- and the surveillance video -- came out only recently . As the boy is pummeled , the bus driver , John Moody , yells at the assailants to leave the boy alone . He also asks dispatchers to send help . `` You got ta get somebody here quick , quick , quick , quick , '' he says . `` They 're about to beat this boy to death over here . '' `` Please get somebody here quick . There 's still doing it , '' he adds . `` There 's nothing I can do . '' 'Like a bad dream ' Moody , 64 , said on CNN 's Piers Morgan Live that he was calling for help on his radio , as school policy required . `` Me jumping in the middle of that fight with three boys , it would have been more dangerous for other students on the bus for as myself , '' he said . `` There 's just no telling what might have happened . '' Earlier , he told CNN affiliate WFLA he was `` in shock '' and `` petrified . '' And he told CNN that watching the video is `` like a bad dream . '' `` I took it really personal . I had many sleepless nights . I had nightmares , '' he said . Moody retired two weeks after the attack , after 18 years driving buses . The fight was `` the final straw -- and it was a big straw , too , '' he said . Police say the youths attacked the 13-year-old after he told officials at their dropout prevention school that one of them had tried to sell him drugs . The ferocity of the attack left the victim with two black eyes and a broken arm . Could your child be a bully ? Criticism , but no basis for charges . Gulfport Police Chief Robert Vincent told WFLA that Moody should have stepped in . `` There was clearly an opportunity for him to intervene and or check on the welfare of the children or the child in this case , and he did n't make any effort to do so , '' Vincent said . But prosecutors say they have no grounds on which to bring charges . `` It was n't like he was looking out the window cleaning his fingernails or something like that , '' said Chief Assistant State Attorney Bruce Bartlett , according to CNN affiliate WFLA . In 2012 : New York teen says bullies beat and blinded him . According to Pinellas County school policy , the bus driver is n't required to intervene , only to call dispatch . He can step in , if he feels it 's safe . Police said Moody could have given first aid to the victim after the attackers jumped off the bus , but Bartlett said the 13-year-old did n't hang around . `` The kid gets up and skedaddles out the door , '' he said . Outrageous moments caught on camera . Other counties actually forbid drivers from physically stopping fights . And Moody 's lawyer , Frank McDermott , said the complaints about Moody are unfair . Other students `` would have been put in huge danger had he tried to physically intervene , '' McDermott said . And he said `` a lot of attention '' should be focused on school administrators , whom he suggested could have done more to prevent the beating . `` School officials let these two boys back on the bus , or let them on the bus , and Mr. Moody had no idea what had happened at the school , '' McDermott said .
Bus driver says intervening would have made things worse . An attack in Florida by three 15-year-olds left a 13-year-old boy with a broken arm . The driver called for help and told the attackers to leave the boy alone . But local police suggest he could have done more .