Several local and state leaders took to social media after the ceremony to recognize Irena for her ongoing MCTS Excellence, including Governor Tony Evers.

Irena Ivic gained international attention in January when a MCTS Excellence video highlighting her heroic actions went viral around the globe.Ĭommon Council members gathered at City Hall on Tuesday, February 5th, 2019 to commend Irena and present her with a special plaque. Ivic will be honored for her heroic actions on Thursday.Milwaukee, WI - The Milwaukee Common Council and other lawmakers are honoring a MCTS Driver who saved an abandoned baby from a freeway overpass. Authorities eventually reunited the baby with her father.Īuthorities said this is the ninth lost or missing child found by Milwaukee County Transit System drivers in recent years. Police said the baby had been left outside by her mother who may have been suffering from a mental health crisis. Besides being cold and scared, authorities said the girl was unharmed. A passenger on the bus took off her jacket to help keep the girl warm as Ivic comforted her, who quickly fell asleep in her arms.įirefighters, police officers and transit security officers arrived on the scene a short time later.

Ivic stopped her bus, ran across the busy street, picked up the crying child and carried her on board the bus. The child, who was less than 1 year old, was barefoot and wearing only a onesie and diaper. Milwaukee County bus driver Irena Ivic spotted the child running on the side of the road just before 8:00 a.m. MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin - Heart-stopping video captured a bus driver rescuing a baby girl that she spotted alone on a freeway overpass last month. Heart stopping video captured a bus driver rescuing a baby girl that she spotted alone on a freeway overpass last month.

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