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Teacher who helped students escape Polk school bus crash says she did what any mother would do

Katherine Langford

Editor-in-Chief · Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 3:51 AM · 1 min read

Teacher who helped students escape Polk school bus crash says she did what any mother would do — WTSP 10 Tampa Bay, Riverview Schools news — Image: WTSP 10 Tampa Bay

Celiana Padilla says her training as an educator helped her comfort students after a crash that killed a 16-year-old girl and a Jeep driver.

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