[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 54 (Monday, April 16, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E521]
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       IN RECOGNITION OF THE HEROICS OF FOUR GREAT OAKS STUDENTS

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                           HON. STEVE AUSTRIA

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 16, 2012

  Mr. AUSTRIA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of four Great Oaks 
Vocational School students: Iayie Viassy, Wade Aills, Brandon North, 
and Austin Salisbury. I am proud to recognize these four young men for 
their brave heroics in helping 53 Miami Trace elementary school 
children off an overturned bus on March 12, 2012.
  At 4:16 p.m. on March 12, a school bus transporting children home 
from school veered off the road and rolled onto its right side into a 
ditch. With the passenger door pinned against the ground, Wade Aills 
made the decision to kick open the emergency rear door. The four boys 
then proceeded to aid the elementary children in exiting the bus and 
keeping everyone calm until emergency personnel could arrive. When EMS 
units arrived on the scene, all of the children had been evacuated 
safely, with only a few children that suffered minor injuries.
  Recently, these young men were honored and recognized by the Fayette 
County Sherriff's Office and the Miami Trace elementary school for 
their actions.
  Thus, today I ask my colleagues to join me and the constituents of 
Ohio's Seventh Congressional District in recognizing four true heroes: 
Iayie Viassy, Wade Aills, Brandon North, and Austin Salisbury.

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