Minneapolis StarTribune: A reward for a hero

[Glenda]

http://www.startribune.com/10204/story/1346777.html

If school bus evacuator Jeremy Hernandez wants to resume learning auto mechanics at Dunwoody College of Technology, he can do so without charge.

The Minneapolis school made that offer to Hernandez’s family Saturday.

Hernandez drew national attention when he played a lead role in the evacuation of 61 kids and staff from a school bus caught up in last week’s Interstate 35W bridge collapse.

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In news coverage afterward, Hernandez said that he was working as a youth worker at Waite House after he’d been forced to drop out of Dunwoody for lack of money. The school’s tuition and fees typically run $15,000 annually.

That prompted a flurry of calls to the school from alumni and staff, according to Dave Jarzyna, a school spokesman.

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“We’re going to make sure that if he wants to come to Dunwoody, he’ll have the resources to do that,” Jarzyna said. Hernanedez, 20, could not be reached immediately for comment.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Kudos to Dunwoody alumni

and all those who made this happen!

[snappyturtle]

2. WOW! Good news is nice to hear! n/t

[MissB]

3. Excellent!

[MadMaddie]

4. This is the America I love!

:bounce:

[beyurslf]

5. That's wonderful news!

I wish every young person had access to college regardless of their economic status (and without needing a tragedy to save the lives of 60 kids).

[opihimoimoi]

12. FRance has free universities for all citizens

[HughMoran]

6. Wow, that's great!

He deserves the free tuition.

[KitchenWitch]

7. That is fantastic!

Dunwoody is a very good, yet extremely expensive tech school!

I am glad the alumni association has made that offer.

[midnight]

8. Why is it that there is very little money to train people to do

the jobs that America needs. Nurses, brick layers, trades of all kinds, medical school etc.... Whatever talents one has. But there is always money for prisons, weapons, tax cuts, etc..... I fail to see the disconnect between investing in the future via education not war.

[Skittles]

9. it surely sucks

kudos to that guy but I must say the overwhelming majority of us would have done the same

[renate]

10. yay!

Good for Jeremy Hernandez and good for Dunwoody!

I do hope that most people would do the same, but he did what he did, and anything good that comes his way is worth a big round of :applause:

[Glenda]

11. I knew i liked him for some reason:

"Ms. Schwartz said he left town for northern Minnesota late on Friday, overwhelmed by the attention and concerned that his co-workers were being overlooked. He spent the weekend fishing. When President Bush’s staff contacted him to request a photo opportunity, “He was just, like, ‘Nope,’ ” she said."

[malaise]

14. Best news ever

I like this young man.

[malaise]

13. I was hoping someone would offer him a

scholarship. Great news.

[Glenda]

15. kick

:kick: