![]() They keep asking me why they say, why did they kill the man? I say it’s because he was a good man.” “I hugged them a lot because my girl was screaming and asked for lots of hugs and my son is also very nervous.” said Iza. School psychologists and counselors have been at the school helping to counsel the children through talking and healing activities. With the inevitable lasting effects of the trauma, the parents are now trying to pick up the pieces with the help of the school. “My mom tells me that sometimes he hits his head and says ‘I can’t forget.’ He can’t get what he saw out of his mind.” said Iza.Įven up to this point, Iza and Irwin’s daughter are sleeping in the same bed, for the first time in their lives. Iza continues, “My neighbor’s child said she wanted to scream and cry but nothing came out, while my daughter was crying.”īut Luis and the other boy, who we have not been able to identify, helped escort all children off the bus followed by running to the closest office. “He didn’t have time to cry or scream, he just saw the man be stabbed in his chest and then went to get the emergency door open.” said Iza. Now, the children and their families are trying to move forward… and work through what happened. “I’ve always raised him to help watch over the my kids because he’s their uncle and older than them.” said Iza. Luis was the last one to get off the bus. “My brother ran to open the emergency door and there was another child who was trying to open the door too, so between the two of them they opened it and then he said ‘all the younger ones out first, then the older kids.'” At only 9 years old, he took action that would help save all the children on the bus. “All the children saw the bus driver get stabbed.” said Iza.īut eprhaps what struck Iza the most was discovering what her little brother, Luis Chavez did in the midst of this traumatic moment. When they finally picked up their kids, they told their parents what they saw. I thought to myself, “This is really going on at the school with the children there?” Iza and her husband Irwin found about about what happened on the news and on social media. ![]() “We didn’t know where the children were, if they were injured or what was happening at first.” said father Irwin Robles. Iza Chavez and her husband say their children and her little brother, Luis Chavez, saw everything. Police say a man stabbed him to death in front of a bus-full of students at Longfellow Elementary School. You can read more details on the incident here.PASCO, WA – A 9 year old, an 8 year old, and a 7 year old, all witnesses to the tragic stabbing of their bus driver, 72-year-old Richard Lenhart. ![]() The incident is still under investigation and we'll update this article as we get more details. As our community processes these events, please keep a watchful eye on each other and reach out if you need us. We are deeply saddened by the events of today. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to your student’s school counselor or principal if you or your child need support. Events like these can trigger strong and unexpected emotional reactions. ![]() Our focus right now is on supporting our students and staff who are deeply impacted by this tragedy.Ĭounselors will be available over the weekend and next week to provide support for students and staff. We are devastated by the tragic loss of one of our own. Pasco Police Department shared information at a press conference earlier tonight that one of our bus drivers was assaulted today and died from his injuries. It is with a heavy heart that I write to you this evening. The Pasco School District posted this message on their Facebook page concerning the incident: The suspect's name hasn't been released at the time of this writing. Pasco Police were on sight within moments and arrested the stabbing suspect. The bus did jump a curb and crash into some bushes during the incident but no children were harmed. ![]()
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