What began as a normal morning on September 4 quickly turned into a scene of chaos and courage in Madera County, California. Carlos Perea Romero and Angel Zarco, two local farmworkers, were driving near a rural intersection when they noticed smoke billowing from a Madera Unified school bus. Inside were more than 20 children on their way to school. Without hesitation, the men sprang into action. “We were just making sure the kids were far enough away so they wouldn’t get hurt,” Zarco recalled. They rushed to alert the driver and began pulling students from the bus one by one,…
The Fire on the Road
