Little Girl Was Being Dragged by School Bus, GRANDMA DID SOMETHING SHOCKING TO SAVE HER

six-year-old Chelsea klepsig was dragged by a bus for almost a mile her grandmother yelled and flashed her lights at the 78 year old school bus driver to free Chelsea but he did not stop after surviving the horrible incident Chelsea's family could not afford to buy her new shoes and clothes but she received a special surprise box what should have been a usual afternoon for six-year-old Chelsea klepsig and her grandmother Estrella klepsig turned into a day of Terror and Trauma Chelsea's grandmother was waiting for her granddaughter to get off the school bus when the little girl's arm got stuck to the door and she was dragged by the bus the six-year-old is a first grader at Union Cross elementary school and was dragged for nearly a mile when Estrella realized her granddaughter was stuck on the bus she signaled the driver to stop I kept flashing him to stop she said but he did not Chelsea's legs were dragged the whole way the driver didn't even give her a chance to move said Estrella Chelsea's parents also expressed how worried they were that she would lose her grip and fall under the bus but the bus doors seemed strong and tightly kept her body attached Chelsea fell to the ground when the doors finally opened at the next stop Inside Edition investigated and discovered that these incidents are more common than expected in the last decade school buses have dragged 31 students in total and two died Now Chelsea has become part of this horrifying statistic luckily the six-year-old was not severely injured but the emotional impact on her and her family was a lot to process the driver was a 78 year old man unaware that Chelsea was stuck to the door however her parents pointed out that the driver did not follow protocol he was meant to wait and ensure that Chelsea had crossed the road but neither the 78 year old nor the 17 other students on the bus noticed that the little girl was being dragged according to reports the bus driver was hired as a substitute driver in 2000 since the incident he has been suspended without pay and recommended for dismissal as for Chelsea's parents they confessed that the news came to them as a shock her Father John said it scared me I didn't know how to react to it just to realize what had happened to her it just tore me up the first graders pants socks and shoes were shredded by the time the bus stopped but luckily there were no bad injuries according to inside edition's investigation these accidents started to occur more when bus technology advanced before bus drivers had to manually open and close doors but now there's only a switch and some drivers do not pay attention to what happens at the door Additionally the investigation showed how intense the pressure from the door was it was strong enough to burst a soda can and crash anything put through it the investigators experimented with a Bus full of children with the supervision of two bus safety officials and the consent of eight-year-old Julia's parents they inserted her backpack between the school buses doors to see if she would have the strength to pull it out of the doors when they shut but she couldn't and with the noise of the students on the bus no one could hear Julia screaming for help therefore this experiment called for a more thorough protocol for the safety of children although it was a relief that Chelsea had no severe injuries the emotional impact of the experience left her with sleepless nights and a lot of anxiety her parents revealed that she tosses and turns in her sleep and wakes up thinking her whole body had been scraped but the part of her body that did get hurt was her feet Chelsea had been wearing a newly bought pair of Fela sneakers which protected her from severe burns but by the time the bus stopped the shoes were torn and unwearable since Chelsea only had the shoes for three months her mother Abbasi confessed that they didn't have enough money to get her a new pair after the accident when Fox 8's journalist Michael Hennessey broke the story it went viral and many people forwarded it to Fila the sporting brand got the messages and contacted Hennessy wanting to send Chelsea a box of goodies the journalist consensually gave out the six-year-old's details 10 days before Christmas Chelsea received a personalized package from Fila inside were two pairs of shoes and a bunch of clothes Chelsea's parents said she was over the moon when she received her gift even more exciting was that the Box had her name on it she was ecstatic we couldn't even get her to take the clothes off she loved it she loved it she really did Abbasi said Chelsea's mother also expressed how she Estrella and John were grateful for the support their daughter received and thankful to Fila for the gifts Chelsea also wrote a note to Fila thanking them for their surprise box and expressing how happy she was to have received it