Retired FBI boss finds new career driving a school bus

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  • čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
  • Mike Mason's community was short school bus drivers. So the retired FBI boss stepped up. Steve Hartman shares his story in "On the Road."
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Komentáře • 647

  • @jpm1477
    @jpm1477 Před 2 lety +298

    2:29 He didn't stepped down. He actually stepped forward when no one would. Now that's a hero.

    • @thecalmwayhome8483
      @thecalmwayhome8483 Před 2 lety +5

      I agree 🌷🌷🌷🌷

    • @Julio-br7td
      @Julio-br7td Před 2 lety +2

      Nah they need to pay drivers more

    • @tira2145
      @tira2145 Před 2 lety

      A hero simply for taking a job? WOW we have really lowered our standards. Guess the nice lady fixing my sandwich tonight was a hero. Quick, somebody give her the Nobel prize.

    • @CurvyTribune
      @CurvyTribune Před 2 lety

      👌🏾👏🏾

    • @BambinoGambino1
      @BambinoGambino1 Před 2 lety +3

      @@tira2145 your parents were heroes for not burying a treasure like you

  • @FuneralGraveMemorial
    @FuneralGraveMemorial Před 2 lety +1002

    Safest bus in America lol

    • @xLiLtEmPeR
      @xLiLtEmPeR Před 2 lety +2

      How

    • @darkeyezs
      @darkeyezs Před 2 lety +49

      @@xLiLtEmPeR If you need an explanation....

    • @bobroberts2371
      @bobroberts2371 Před 2 lety +11

      Don't bet on this " being the safest bus ". The first time he tells a kid to sit down , the parent will sue him. There is a reason that people don't want to drive a school bus. Would you want to drive around a bunch of unruly, entitled kids around AND be held personally responsible because someones kid fell in the aisle?

    • @DelValleRecords1
      @DelValleRecords1 Před 2 lety +8

      @@xLiLtEmPeR Because its always waxed. LOL

    • @dontsub2me441
      @dontsub2me441 Před 2 lety +2

      @@darkeyezs if you think one fbi agent is going to stop things

  • @a97304
    @a97304 Před 2 lety +246

    This is what America should be. Are we not tired of the selfishness that seems so depressingly pervasive yet? Seems to me Mike still wants to do the the right thing....and retirement is not going to stand in his way. Still a hero.

    • @KN-cool
      @KN-cool Před 2 lety +3

      Defund the popo

    • @alangilmer3392
      @alangilmer3392 Před 2 lety +2

      You go mike thank you for your service😇

    • @stevensong8784
      @stevensong8784 Před 2 lety +1

      @a97304
      right back at you

    • @SonidoStereoMP
      @SonidoStereoMP Před 2 lety +3

      Well said this is the America I love and this is the America we need the most specially now days.

  • @anonymous-en5uq
    @anonymous-en5uq Před 2 lety +328

    That's what you call"Humility". Thank you and God bless.

    • @kcjazzy
      @kcjazzy Před 2 lety +1

      Why is it humility? I live in Germany and being a bus driver is a well respected decent job. But we have Democratic socialism here. People are not looked down on because of their job. Every job is important. Every job gets paid holidays, paid sick leave, paid parental leave and health care. Every job bc it’s the law.

    • @bophreyhumgart2953
      @bophreyhumgart2953 Před 2 lety +1

      My late friend Dianne Milhollin had the best definition of "humble" that I've ever heard: "teachable."This man was fourth from the top of the FBI yet has no problem with learning something new that many would consider beneath them after having been at his level in the government. That's what I would call humble.

    • @ABC123-v9u
      @ABC123-v9u Před 2 lety

      The gracious nature of this man is amazing 👏 🙌 ❤ 😄😊😇

  • @sondrajean955
    @sondrajean955 Před 2 lety +420

    My grandfather drove a school bus, in retirement, too. He brought his bus home to clean and wax it. He had the cleanest bus in the yard. Standards matter.

    • @jhingbangayan762
      @jhingbangayan762 Před 2 lety +2

      Please tell you grandfather I appreciate what he did. He is a hero and God bless him always 🙏🙏🙏

    • @C-64
      @C-64 Před 2 lety

      I’d trick out my bus

    • @KSCPERFECT
      @KSCPERFECT Před 2 lety

      sure he did

    • @dznuttzonyachin7499
      @dznuttzonyachin7499 Před 2 lety +4

      @@KSCPERFECT it's true .. he used to do it next door to my grandma who was 5 years older and brought her bus home too.. the only real difference worth mentioning is she changed her own oil too

  • @nhbilly
    @nhbilly Před 2 lety +185

    This guy is a legend.

  • @SexiSelextivSunShine
    @SexiSelextivSunShine Před 2 lety +360

    It so important! He’s driving our children! I’d feel safe allowing him to take my kids! Thank you!!

    • @juliaweber212
      @juliaweber212 Před 2 lety +3

      I agree

    • @ms.hotdoglegs614
      @ms.hotdoglegs614 Před 2 lety +1

      Yikes!

    • @h_3_x_
      @h_3_x_ Před 2 lety +3

      Lol don't they defend pedophiles in power

    • @denisemarcus5633
      @denisemarcus5633 Před 2 lety +6

      @@h_3_x_
      You mean the 31 Republicans in congress and Trump's cabinet that were convicted of child sex crimes? Or Trump himself being the only one named with Jeffrey Epstien on a child trafficking case...Katie Johnson. Bill Clinton hasn't even had that honor 🙄

    • @6z0
      @6z0 Před 2 lety +1

      You trust the government? Imagine trusting an ex fbi agent… lol

  • @richardpaggi9988
    @richardpaggi9988 Před 2 lety +40

    Now this is an example of being a humble man!!! Thank you sir!!!

  • @Votethepower
    @Votethepower Před 2 lety +76

    He is a leader-servant!! What an awesome example for leading, serving and protecting. Take notes current law enforcement officers...

  • @jasonrodgers9063
    @jasonrodgers9063 Před 2 lety +261

    Great guy! I'm a School Bus driver his same age (WITHOUT his sterling pedigree!). Two thumbs up, Sir!

  • @stlion0111
    @stlion0111 Před 2 lety +189

    OMG, an EX- TOP FBI driving your kids to school, this is wonderful !!

  • @2eretz
    @2eretz Před 2 lety +47

    As a school bus driver for 42 years! I can say this school bus drivers aren’t paid enough and their responsibilities are tremendous

    • @001looker
      @001looker Před 2 lety

      I am proud to say that i always ignore your stop signs.

    • @orchid2407
      @orchid2407 Před 2 lety

      Thanks for your service!!

    • @Bobby.samuel
      @Bobby.samuel Před 2 lety

      Not really

    • @SunsetChaser300
      @SunsetChaser300 Před 2 lety +5

      @@001looker I am proud to say that you should be behind bars.

    • @001looker
      @001looker Před 2 lety

      @@SunsetChaser300 keep dreaming, enjoy my bird when i pass you.

  • @Leesmiles64
    @Leesmiles64 Před 2 lety +31

    This dude took the time and energy from his retirement to work for people in need. That’s incredible

  • @playcousin5497
    @playcousin5497 Před 2 lety +30

    Thank you Sir and your commitment to our Country. Both as a Serviceman and now to our children.

  • @bestrongcourageous2932
    @bestrongcourageous2932 Před 2 lety +71

    Modeled American! I would be so proud to call him a friend, co-worker, dad, husband, grandpa, and My Bus 🚌 Driver 💜

    • @RynMayhem
      @RynMayhem Před 2 lety

      Are all the other bus drivers model Americans too?

    • @pwatson5766
      @pwatson5766 Před 2 lety +6

      @@RynMayhem
      Depends on the bus driver. Not all bus drivers are the same, as with any profession or job.
      Your question says alot about you.

  • @bonniehall3428
    @bonniehall3428 Před 2 lety +32

    Good for you Mike! After I retired I volunteered, I spent 8 years helping women get better skills to get a job or a better job. Very rewarding.

  • @PuffOfSmoke
    @PuffOfSmoke Před 2 lety +18

    He's such an inspiration.

  • @lurkingarachnid7475
    @lurkingarachnid7475 Před 2 lety +50

    There was a CIA agent that went to become a USPS mail delivery man

  • @AchromaticCosmos
    @AchromaticCosmos Před 2 lety +7

    solid dude, any nation would be proud to have someone like that serve their nation.

  • @towritemichelle210
    @towritemichelle210 Před 2 lety +13

    He's still young and the kids need him!💗

  • @Jonwisniewski04
    @Jonwisniewski04 Před 2 lety +65

    Service is service. FBI big wig or bus driver. I couldn’t just sit on my porch all day either. Good on him :)

  • @sooz9433
    @sooz9433 Před 2 lety +51

    God Bless you Mike Mason! What a man!🥰
    Thank you Steve Hartman for keeping my tear ducts in proper shape!!😢
    Fantastic segment. ❤❤❤

  • @Passions
    @Passions Před 2 lety +16

    Heartwarming story, we need more stories like this on the news.

  • @dawnturner7055
    @dawnturner7055 Před 2 lety +17

    Aww...hes a precious soul!❤...much respect sir!

  • @SPCBRAWLERZ
    @SPCBRAWLERZ Před 2 lety +40

    Massive respects & the definition of humbleness goes him 100%

  • @BorenNerdy
    @BorenNerdy Před 2 lety +9

    Omg that’s just the sweetest thing! Good for him! My dad is a retired fire lieutenant and he spends his retirement as chairman of the school board at the district I went to as a kid. And he goes to read to the little kids too

  • @Jasongy827
    @Jasongy827 Před 2 lety +9

    The fact he mentions of how important education is a key.

  • @wilhard45
    @wilhard45 Před 2 lety +6

    He is a Marine. That is just how we roll. Semper Fi, brother and welcome home.

  • @michaelscott9266
    @michaelscott9266 Před 2 lety +19

    “Stepping back down to the bottom rock”
    Ser, being a school driver is not a rock

    • @kathybreton4570
      @kathybreton4570 Před 2 lety +2

      Thanks CBS for calling the school bus drivers of america the bottom rung on the latter. We are treated as that by the administrators at the school districts of America everyday. There is no punishment for bad behavior anymore in the school districts. That is why all of us veteran bus drivers are retiring or going to work somewhere else where we don't have to deal with unruly, woke children in this bizarre world.

    • @michaelscott9266
      @michaelscott9266 Před 2 lety

      @@reserved845 same difference, it’s degrading to put school bus drivers at the bottom.

  • @elizabethrose3667
    @elizabethrose3667 Před 2 lety +7

    I watched Joe Kenda the detective from Colorado, he retired from being a cop and became a school bus driver.
    Like him it’s probably the first job they have when people are happy to see them.

  • @kittenbug8384
    @kittenbug8384 Před 2 lety +8

    What an honorable man and role model. Thank you for your continued service! (-from another veteran, who hopes to still give back to the community after my retirement) Also, thank you to the other school bus drivers!

  • @erikagalavis4341
    @erikagalavis4341 Před 2 lety +5

    He has a golden heart !!!

  • @thisguy73
    @thisguy73 Před 2 lety +74

    True Legend. Vs Instagram and tik tok influencers our kids worship. Thanks Steve for highlighting ppl who really matter in this world.

  • @Stevenw609
    @Stevenw609 Před 2 lety +10

    God bless him. What a good human being.

  • @florencia2771
    @florencia2771 Před 2 lety +6

    Such good man, may God bless him. 💙

  • @quarrycliff
    @quarrycliff Před 2 lety +5

    This is a hero worthy of Presidential Medal of Freedom. Humility and true service are lessons that need to be held up and honored in our current culture of self-absorption and self-promotion.

  • @susanf4857
    @susanf4857 Před 2 lety +10

    I love this!!! He is definitely a VIP!! ❤️👏

  • @thesleepguys3559
    @thesleepguys3559 Před 2 lety +4

    Such a great man

  • @samanthab1923
    @samanthab1923 Před 2 lety +7

    What a pleasant man. Love that he's doing this 🚌

  • @martyningsih6968
    @martyningsih6968 Před 2 lety +14

    Wooow...I watching this news smile my self. I love this guy..., appreciate it..💙👍

  • @moneywolf2344
    @moneywolf2344 Před 2 lety +7

    The secrets he must know. The safest bus driver

  • @sagaciousblankity8821
    @sagaciousblankity8821 Před 2 lety +6

    I was a school bus driver for a year and it was one of the only jobs I really enjoyed. Your employer treats you good, positive environment, drivers have a sense of community with each other, you get to build and flex some dad skills my daughter loved me being a driver

  • @GorilieVR
    @GorilieVR Před 2 lety +18

    That's the most wholesome thing ever 😌 💕

  • @corneliusshea5095
    @corneliusshea5095 Před rokem +2

    I served with Mike back in 1982-1983 in the 3rd AAB Bn at Camp Pendleton. He was always a class act.

  • @ad-jj3yv
    @ad-jj3yv Před 2 lety +28

    Reporter says "by stepping back down to the bottom rung" pretty much sums up why folks don't pursue this line of work....your literally doing a very important job. But, sadly our society doesn't see it that way. Hence the incredibly low pay. And high turn over....

    • @thecalmwayhome8483
      @thecalmwayhome8483 Před 2 lety +5

      High society doesn’t see helping kids as top anything and this is why a lot of their own spoiled kids end up criminals and drug addicts because the damn parents were too busy drinking champagne and rubbing shoulders with the elite to care.

  • @keithaxelsontitterud3943
    @keithaxelsontitterud3943 Před 2 lety +9

    Amazing dude! Wish I was that successful in life! He definitely deserves all he has!! Eye opening story!

  • @unknowerror4821
    @unknowerror4821 Před 2 lety +6

    Now this. This man is a legend

  • @security864
    @security864 Před 2 lety +3

    Thank you for your continued service!

  • @scotttaylor8498
    @scotttaylor8498 Před 2 lety +3

    Thank you for your services Sir.

  • @constancelindsey3946
    @constancelindsey3946 Před 2 lety +2

    I worked in the legal field for 20 years....this is one of the most amazing stories I have ever come across...God bless this man....truly an amazing human being!! Thank you, thank you, thank you for helping those in need!

  • @michaelkay4535
    @michaelkay4535 Před 2 lety +1

    What a humble man. I take my hat off for you sir

  • @abigailalvarado611
    @abigailalvarado611 Před 2 lety +2

    very humble person.

  • @unfocusedsenior8002
    @unfocusedsenior8002 Před 2 lety +2

    Mike. You are incredible!

  • @kenn3899
    @kenn3899 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you sir for your services to our country and the kids

  • @francineharris6286
    @francineharris6286 Před 2 lety +2

    What a terrific guy!

  • @22lyric
    @22lyric Před 2 lety +2

    "Service is a lifetime commitment". Kudos to him. Thank you sir for ALL your service to our country! The good you do for ONE of us, you do for ALL of us!

  • @Saheer20
    @Saheer20 Před 2 lety +5

    O Man great great great thank you very much almost every Friday you make me proud but today is very special MR STEVE HARMAN my thanks to CBS evening news may god bless you and your family thank you for sharing

  • @ZeeThreeToo
    @ZeeThreeToo Před 2 lety +5

    Just wow, God bless him. I am in awe that somebody with his credentials would do this.

  • @susankim7167
    @susankim7167 Před 2 lety +2

    I worked in the same company that Mike retired from. While his title started with a “C”, he was so incredibly down to earth and a wonderful person. I was so pleasantly surprised to see this segment but it didn’t surprise me at all. You go Mike! What an inspiration!

  • @1NewAgeGoddess
    @1NewAgeGoddess Před 2 lety +11

    One couls only hope to live a life that great. What a blessing.

  • @sandyrodriguez6361
    @sandyrodriguez6361 Před 2 lety +5

    What a beautiful soul 💖 May God bless you always 🙏🏻

  • @tinam1167
    @tinam1167 Před 2 lety +28

    Simply Beautiful ❤️

  • @kimberlybosnich7860
    @kimberlybosnich7860 Před 2 lety +2

    Makes my heart swell...The kids are lucky to have you.🌞

  • @evetterichardson1675
    @evetterichardson1675 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you Mr Mason for your continued service. God Bless you. 🙏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🥰

  • @CDTILL1471
    @CDTILL1471 Před 2 lety +4

    Very inspiring and humble servant who didn’t lose himself in titles or positions. We should all be willing to answer the call when a need, that we have the ability to meet, arises.

  • @marknc9616
    @marknc9616 Před 2 lety +17

    I drove school buses when I was in high school (yes, this was allowed at that time) and in college. I have worked in IT for major and lesser known employers since then for many years. The only job I have ever had that was more fulfilling than driving a school bus was serving jury duty in a child sexual molestation case. The bus driver job was *perfect* experience for the training I needed to listen to small children testify. When you drive a bus it is not lost on you that you might have to put your life on the line for those children. In jury duty I did just that. All of our alternate jurors dropped. I wasn't about to drop, but if I had that would have resulted in a mistrial. After three days of deliberation, we found the accused man guilty. The judge pronounced him as a class H felon for the State of North Carolina. For me, I consider Victoria Soto as my personal hero.

  • @JasonFerguson1283
    @JasonFerguson1283 Před 2 lety +9

    It takes a village! I think it's great! What a beautiful story! Can we please have more of these?

  • @marioconzal6518
    @marioconzal6518 Před 2 lety +1

    Love ur attitude Mike Mason's. GOD bless 🙏🏻❤🙏🏻

  • @jennac2733
    @jennac2733 Před 2 lety +1

    Bless him. Beautiful story. Thank you for taking this position. We need more people like you.

  • @jenna2026
    @jenna2026 Před 2 lety +2

    This is not uncommon. I work with an actor who was an Engineer in his 20s after graduating college at age 22, then sometime in his 40s he went back to school and became a College Professor, then in his 60s got into Acting and is now working as an Actor. I don't think anyone has one job their entire lives...according to research, on average a person will change careers 5 to 7 times in their lifetime.

  • @ABC123-v9u
    @ABC123-v9u Před 2 lety

    Awesome, purely selflessly serving his community!!
    Thank you Mr. Mike!

  • @PatrickOCnMD
    @PatrickOCnMD Před 2 lety +3

    Very cool story. For a really good and fine man.

  • @tinytrouble1782
    @tinytrouble1782 Před 2 lety +1

    thank you we love u from new jersey and thank u so much

  • @sherrymurphy855
    @sherrymurphy855 Před 2 lety

    This is what real leadership looks like. This is what true empathy looks like. This is what a hero looks like.

  • @Kingvalles
    @Kingvalles Před 2 lety +1

    True American hero , god bless you sir & thank you for your service .

  • @kristilisakleiner9384
    @kristilisakleiner9384 Před 2 lety +1

    Now this is a real gentleman ♥️♥️♥️

  • @bahagharidon1940
    @bahagharidon1940 Před 2 lety +9

    This is how we should be doing, retirement is just part of life and it doesn't mean that we sit on a couch watching tv all day. We can be productive by doing some jobs in our community. Actually, it is also had a good health benefits to our body.

  • @sonofatlas1372
    @sonofatlas1372 Před 2 lety +1

    That’s my uncle mike always teaching life values

  • @SuperAvenger98
    @SuperAvenger98 Před 2 lety

    A life well lived, an absolute hero. And donated his salary? Unbelievably gifting to people.

  • @0H9D
    @0H9D Před 2 lety +9

    What a blessing! And by him being a blessing not only driving a school bus but driving a school bus for special needs, and to put the icing on the cake, he's donating all of his salary to various charities, The Lord will bless him in return. This man is not doing it for the income but because I don't think retirement is in his vocabulary & he has a very big heart of love💜

  • @plutofreak
    @plutofreak Před 2 lety

    What a kick a$$ guy! Best combination of heart and mind!

  • @doordashh
    @doordashh Před 2 lety +1

    what a amazing person.

  • @boarini2003
    @boarini2003 Před 2 lety

    Bravo CBS! These incredible stories are needed more than ever.

  • @frankgreco6513
    @frankgreco6513 Před 2 lety

    What an awesome example of a very fine man, citizen and role model!

  • @Fullblown671
    @Fullblown671 Před 2 lety +5

    When he retires from being a bus driver, it may not sit well with him. Next job, Walmart greeter 🔆

  • @mikekelly607
    @mikekelly607 Před 2 lety

    Fantastic. The man is an inspiration.

  • @danielv433
    @danielv433 Před 2 lety

    Good man I’m happy to see the love being spread.

  • @almostatami
    @almostatami Před 2 lety

    That's an admirable man right there. Top notch.

  • @alexisfuentes1300
    @alexisfuentes1300 Před 2 lety

    This guy is a man of a kind

  • @JaylenPotts-zs2qw
    @JaylenPotts-zs2qw Před 3 měsíci

    He is very active and hard working which is special.

  • @kevindonis8664
    @kevindonis8664 Před 2 lety

    This guy deserves the respect of every US citizen

  • @soundjudgement3586
    @soundjudgement3586 Před 2 lety +1

    " There are no unimportant jobs ". Greatest statement for the times we live in.

  • @TDiaz1111
    @TDiaz1111 Před 2 lety

    What a beautiful person.

  • @wingleberry1
    @wingleberry1 Před 2 lety +7

    Cool!

  • @marcosramos4596
    @marcosramos4596 Před 2 lety +1

    This is nice to hear. Those kids dont even know what they have in the drivers seat.

  • @kks3339
    @kks3339 Před 2 lety

    👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 TRULY touching. What a beautiful, selfless spirit he has. The world needs more people like him

  • @angelab.6818
    @angelab.6818 Před 2 lety

    Truly an American hero! God bless him.

  • @juan.chaparro
    @juan.chaparro Před 2 lety

    Thank you sir for doing this and teaching all of us huge lesson. Respect!

  • @AMOtribe
    @AMOtribe Před 2 lety

    Wow, he is an amazing man. His life gives a new meaning to the old saying, "aging gracefully"!🙌🙌🙌💖

  • @olivergavingavin1909
    @olivergavingavin1909 Před 2 lety

    He he's doing the right thing being safe then being sorry God bless him