 A local seventh grader was honored for her quick thinking and bravery tonight after she played a major role in helping others during the aftermath of an October school bus crash. Now today at the Bemidji School Board meeting 13-year-old Kylie Donut received an award from the Minnesota State Patrol as a thank you for her service during the crash. The incident happened in the morning on October 30th and left a few kids with bumps and bruises. It reportedly jumped into action immediately and began assisting other students as well as bus driver John Lund. In that moment I was like wow am I like dreaming is something weird going on. I got up and I was like no this is not a dream. This is real life I've got to step up and I've got to do something. So I went first to check on my brothers and then I made sure that John was okay and that all the other kids were okay and I wanted to make sure that everyone was okay because it just breaks my heart when no one's okay. Donut says the award was unexpected and she felt very proud when she received it. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.