Alan C. Posted August 5, 2013 Posted August 5, 2013 Driver says he did all he could during Florida school bus beating The windmilling fists and stomping feet rain down blows on the 13-year-old boy.Trapped on the floor between the bus seats, he cries out as he receives fierce punch after vicious kick from the three bigger, older youths.As the relentless assault unfolds, the driver of the Florida school bus alerts the dispatcher, pleading for aid.But he doesn't physically step in to help.The bus driver, at least according to his school's policy, did nothing wrong.. . .As the boy is pummeled, the bus driver John Moody yells at the assailants to leave the boy alone.He also asks dispatchers to send help."You gotta get somebody here quick, quick, quick, quick," he says. "They're about to beat this boy to death over here.""Please get somebody here quick. There's still doing it," he adds. "There's nothing I can do."Moody, 64, says he was too afraid to step in."The three boys just jumped on him and started pounding on him. And I did all can," he told CNN affiliate WFLA. "I was looking. It was like I was in shock. I was petrified."The ferocity of the attack left the 13-year-old with two black eyes and a broken arm.. . .The three 15-year-old boys have been arrested on aggravated assault charges.Police say the youths attacked the 13-year-old after he told officials at their dropout prevention school that one of them had tried to sell him drugs. Another reason to get your kids out of government schools.
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