So SAD!
Thomas James Dunn, a heroic teacher in Bourbonnais, Illinois, lost his life on Monday after pushing one of his students out of the way of an oncoming bus.
Dunn had been mentoring the 19-year-old male student for over a year and on may have taught the boy the biggest lesson in his life. Selflessness.
While crossing the street from a gas station back to the school, a metro bus turned onto the road with the student in its path until Dunn heroically leapt out and shoved him out of the way.
The mentor was struck and rushed to the hospital, but was pronounced dead that afternoon.
“He was an angel sent down from heaven, that’s all I can say,” the student’s mother said.
Dunn was a single father of a 15-year-old son, and daughter, who turned 11 years old today.
Interim Bourbonnais Police Chief Greg Kunce looks back on the Dunn fondly from the time he spent with him when Dunn served as an auxiliary police officer.
“Knowing Jim Dunn, it wouldn’t be surprising had he done that. He’s a true hero if in fact it’s determined that he pushed that child out of the way. That’s a selfless act that he would have done.”
Thomas “Jim” Dunn is a true hero and we wish his family the best as they cope with their loss.