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'She's a Hero': Minnesota School Bus Driver Rescues Missing 4-Year-Old From Lake
School bus driver Mebal Kaanyi rescued a 4-year-old struggling in deep water at Lake Owasso, preventing a likely drowning, deputies said.
- On Tuesday, Mebal Kaanyi, school bus driver, spotted a four‑year‑old boy running toward Lake Owasso near Chandler and Owasso Boulevard at about 3 p.m. Thursday and rescued him after he began struggling.
- The boy ran down the hill toward the lake, and Kaanyi's calls went unanswered around 3 p.m. Thursday as he stepped into a deep spot and began struggling.
- Responding deputies found the child on the bus wrapped in towels, and Matt Marson, deputy, said `The child was soaking wet, clearly nonverbal, possibly special needs`.
- Marson said Kaanyi's actions averted a likely death, emphasizing her intervention prevented drowning and exposure, which deputies called integral to saving the four-year-old boy's life.
- Employed by Schmitty & Sons Bus Co., Mebal Kaanyi drives for Roseville Area Schools and said she had never swum but was determined to save the child.
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As a school bus driver, Mebal Kaanyi has to pay attention. So when she was driving her afternoon bus route last week for Roseville Area Schools, she noticed a 4-year-old boy running down the street crying. He didn’t appear to have parents with him and was barefoot with no sweatshirt, she said. “He crossed that Owasso Boulevard, as busy as it was, and went to the other side of the road and on that side, it’s a lake – Lake Owasso,” Kaanyi, of Shor…
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