Like many humble heroes, Chris DeShields says he was simply doing his job.
The SEPTA bus driver who stopped a carjacking last month was honored by Philadelphia City Council on Thursday.
DeShields was driving his Route 5 SEPTA bus in Fishtown last month, when he saw three men carjacking a woman.On Thursday, Philadelphia City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson honored his quick thinking and bravery. "It's just a lot of attention that I really didn't think I would get," DeShields says. "I'm really humbled and happy. It feels good to do good."He says that after he stopped the attempted carjacking, he helped the woman and then went right back to driving his route."I actually ran into her a week later," he says. "She got on the bus and gave me a hug and thanked me. It felt good.
The Feltonville native was also a guest at President Biden's State of the Union speech earlier this month.
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