Monologue

Something that happened to me which made me more aware of my surroundings and taught me that I have to act/think fast in certain situations occurred not too long ago. I was a counselor at an afterschool program and I was on a school bus picking up kids from school. When I picked up all of my kids, the other counselor and I got them all back on the bus and we were headed back to our community center. All of a sudden, the bus makes a wide turn and I see an elderly woman standing right in the middle of the street. I scream STOP! just a second before I hear a loud THUMP! and I immediately understood what happened. I screamed and the bus driver realized what had happened. He told me to get all of the kids off the bus and call 911. I tried to get the kids off the bus as quickly as I could without the fear and panic being too visible on my face, but the kids saw right through it. They all started to cry and look frightened as they all curiously surrounded the womans body and the pool of blood around her. This was the first time I had to make a 911 call for anything and in a couple of minutes the fire department, police, and ambulance arrived. The kids were all panicked so they all looked up to me to help calm them down. I realized how can I do that if I myself am a complete wreck. I told myself to keep it together as I successfully got all the kids away from the incident and back inside our community center.