“Principal comes out of school everyday, out of her office, to help the students safely board the buses”.
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The driver and 25 students on the bus were examined by emergency responders but did not require treatment, Reith said.
Two 10-year-olds were also severely injured in the accident but are expected to pull through just fine.
A pair of 10-year-olds were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
Jordan was the principal of Amy Beverland Elementary School in Indianapolis, on the city’s far northeast side. One of the buses there suddenly jumped the curb. Authorities say that the bus “lurched forward” up onto a curb after school on Tuesday.
While she was hailed as heroic after her death for the way she sacrificed herself to save others, Jordan knew in life how much she was truly admired.
The family is requesting donations to the Susan Jordan Memorial Fund at the Lawrence Township School Foundation. The bus driver told firefighters that she saw Jordan push several students out of the way. “At that point I couldn’t see her”. She says she thought several students were trapped under the bus, and was surprised to learn later there weren’t more victims.
A viewing for Amy Beverland Elementary School Principal Susan Jordan will be held Friday and a funeral will be held Saturday at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church.
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“The bus was coming – she started pushing, moving kids, but they all couldn’t beat the pace of the bus”, she said.
