Texas Police Officer Pushes School Bus Of Children To Safety

A police officer in Texas is being called a hero after pushing a school bus of children to safety. The whole thing was caught on video and is now going viral on social media.

This is like something out of a movie--only it's real life. A police officer in Hood County, Texas is all over the internet after video shows him pushing a school bus of children to safety after their bus broke down in the middle of the road. He didn't wait for a tow or for someone else to help--he jumped into action. Check out a video report shared by CBS Texas on YouTube below.

According to CBS News, the viral incident happened just Southwest of Fort Worth, Texas. Reports say the police officer seen in the video is Granbury ISD School Marshal Officer Adrick Streiff. He tells CBS News, "Me and the bus driver were trying to get the bus started, and when we couldn't get it started, I was like, 'Okay, let me get out in the highway and direct traffic.'"

Since the school bus was blocking traffic he started pushing as it provided a possible safety concern on the road. He's now going viral on social media and being called a hero and "Superman." You can read more about the story from CBS News here. It would have been very easy to just sit back and wait for help but he took action! Good for him.