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Couric's anxiety-ridden pair of sisters notwithstanding, the major human interest story of the collapse concerned the day camp school bus of 52 children returning from an excursion to a local water park. The bus slammed against the side of the roadway as it trembled but was not on the portion that fell into the river. ABC's Mike von Fremd (subscription required) played the cell phone message home by ten-year-old Kaleigh Swift, one of the campers: "Momma! Momma! The bridge broke when we were crossing it." All three networks honored Jeremy Hernandez, the 20-year-old camp counselor who kicked the back door open and ushered all the campers to safety, with only two of his charges requiring hospitalization. "He did not have time to think. He just knew to start a human chain out the emergency door," recounted CBS' Tracy Smith. Hernandez relived the rescue for NBC's Ron Mott: "My heart was beating fast."
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